Volunteer
Are you interested in a rewarding opportunity to serve your community? The Dunlap Fire Protection District (DFPD) offers just such an occasion. If you have a desire to serve in a unique way, are interested in the fire service as a career, or perhaps you served in the military and miss the sense of purpose and team you experienced, contact the Dunlap Fire Department and learn more.
Who we are: Dunlap Fire Department is what is known as a paid – on – call fire department. While our training is conducted in the traditional model of the volunteer fire service, each call you respond to is paid, depending on your level of certification and rank. DFD serves the village of Dunlap and the surrounding rural and suburban areas, comprising approximately 59 square miles. Our team includes men and women from all walks of life, blue collar and professional, to include college students, carpenters, accountants, nurses, plumbers, engineers, teachers, farmers, and many other professions.
Requirments:
Physical Agility Requirements:
Benefits:
For the next generation of firefighters, Peoria Fire Explorer Post 50 provides an interactive education about the fire service and EMS fields. For more information about meeting times and dates contact Marvin Roderick at PFDfire23@Yahoo.com.
The following documents are available:
Firefighter Job Description
District Drug Screening Policy
Application for Membership
OSHA Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire
DFPD Physical Agility Requirements
For more information email us at DunlapFire@GMail.com.
Who we are: Dunlap Fire Department is what is known as a paid – on – call fire department. While our training is conducted in the traditional model of the volunteer fire service, each call you respond to is paid, depending on your level of certification and rank. DFD serves the village of Dunlap and the surrounding rural and suburban areas, comprising approximately 59 square miles. Our team includes men and women from all walks of life, blue collar and professional, to include college students, carpenters, accountants, nurses, plumbers, engineers, teachers, farmers, and many other professions.
Requirments:
- 18 years of age
- Possess a High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Live in the Dunlap Fire Protection District or surrounding area.
- Pass a physical, drug screen, and perform the physical and mental tasks of the job.
- Be a team player.
- Be of good moral character.
- Be able to act in a mature and responsible manner.
- Be willing and able to devote the time to train and run calls.
Physical Agility Requirements:
- Ability to lift 75lbs.
- Ability to properly wear PPE and SCBA
- Ability to function at height.
- Ability to function in confined space.
- Ability to used FF/rescue tools.
- Ability to drag a charged hose line.
- Physical Agility Test(Administered by DFPD officers or designated training staff).
- Lift a 75lbs weight using proper lifting technique to a waist level and carry 50 ft.
- With assistance don an SCBA(not required to wear mask) and walk on a treadmill at a 3mph pace for 10min.(equates to approximately 0.5 miles)
- Following instruction climb a properly secured ladder while wearing an SCBA(no mask) to the 2nd story of the training tower.
- Crawl under an apparatus or other marker 16” AFH for a distance of 20 ft.
- Utilizing an 8lbs sledge, perform 15 blows to a tire on the ground, raising the sledge to approximately shoulder height with each blow.
- Drag a simulated hose line (75lbs weight) 50 ft.
Benefits:
- A chance to serve your fellow citizens in a way few people ever will.
- In house training program.
- Personal growth through Teamwork and Leadership opportunities.
- Financial assistance to attend Fire Service and Emergency Medical training at approved off site facilities. (EMT-B, Fire Fighter II, Illinois Fire Service Institute, etc.)
- Access to fitness facilities.
- A possible path to a new career.
For the next generation of firefighters, Peoria Fire Explorer Post 50 provides an interactive education about the fire service and EMS fields. For more information about meeting times and dates contact Marvin Roderick at PFDfire23@Yahoo.com.
The following documents are available:
Firefighter Job Description
District Drug Screening Policy
Application for Membership
OSHA Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire
DFPD Physical Agility Requirements
For more information email us at DunlapFire@GMail.com.
