The Atlanta Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) is currently looking for two types of volunteers. 

Volunteer Fire Fighters

#1. Volunteer Fire Fighters - The AVFD is currently taking applications. Requirements and Facts are below.


REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be18 years of age (Under 18 and interested please contact us anyway as we will be starting a Junior Program soon!)
• Over the age of 21 may operate the Fire Trucks while in route to an emergency (Under 21 and you may still operate the trucks at other times)
• Must be in good physical health
• Must have good moral standards (Contact us if you have questions)
• Volunteer, There is no paid compensation on the AVFD.
• Willingness to attend meetings, training sessions, and respond to calls day or night 24/7 (We don't expect you to put the fire department above work or family but we don't know when we will get called.. it could be at 6 in the evening or 3 in the morning... )

FACTS:

• Training / Meetings are currently held the 3rd Saturday of every month.
• We have approximately 40-100 calls a year (Including First Responder calls which is a "sub-division" of the fire department and just because you want to be a firefighter does not mean you have to be a First Responder and visa-versa)
• There is no compensation, we are completely a volunteer organization.
• We provide all equipment, instruction, and materials that you will need. Nothing is REQUIRED for you to purchase on your own.
• We don't expect you to know how to be a fire fighter already, we are willing to train and give you the tools to learn.  No Experience is necessary.
• All interested Volunteers will be voted on a probationary period by the current firefighters.

If you are interested please contact Danny Magers (660-239-4809) danny@fire.ci.atlanta.mo.us or Scott Peters (660-342-8802) scott@fire.ci.atlanta.mo.us