The Buechel Fire Protection District is always accepting applications for the position of Volunteer Firefighter.  If you are interested in joining the Buechel Fire Protection District, you can pickup an application at our station or you can download a .PDF  Firefighter Application.

Requirements

You must be Eighteen (18) years of age, possess a valid drivers license, live within the Buechel Fire Protection Districts first response area and have a High School Diploma or Equivalent.

If you are under the age of 18 but over 14 then check out our Fire Service Explorer Page

Duties / Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS The most important and indispensable duties required of a volunteer firefighter with the Buechel Fire District, relate to FIRE SUPPRESSION AND RESCUE PROCEDURES, including the following functions:

1. SAFETY: A firefighter must:

  • Know the dangerous building conditions created by fire;
  • Be able to act in a fire situation or hostile environment; and,
  • Be able to use safety procedures in emergency operations in relation to;
    1. Protective equipment
    2. Team work
    3. Portable tools and equipment
    4. Riding an apparatus
    5. Hazardous materials incidents
  • Not pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of other firefighters or the public.

2. EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND RESCUE: A firefighter must be able to examine a victim to identify symptoms of life-threatening injuries and be able to search for victims in smoke-filled buildings or other hostile environments, and remove injured persons from the immediate hazard.

3. FIRE EQUIPMENT: A firefighter must be able to use fire equipment such as nozzles and hose appliances carried on a pumper, advance hose lines, connect a fire hose to a hydrant, couple and uncouple fire hose, work from a ladder with a charged attack line, carry hose into a building, and replace a burst section of hose line, in an emergency situation.

4. SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS: A firefighter must know the various hazardous respiratory environments encountered in fire fighting and be able to use self-contained breathing apparatus in an emergency situation.

5. FORCIBLE ENTRY AND VENTILATION: A firefighter must be able to use manual forcible entry tools, know the advantages and effects of ventilation, and be able to ventilate a fire.

6. LADDERS: A firefighter must be able to carry, raise, and climb ground and aerial ladders while carrying fire fighting tools or equipment while ascending and descending, and while bringing an injured person down the ladders.

If you would like to download a "Membership Application" just click on the hyperlink below.

Volunteer Firefighter Application

 

Buechel Fire Protection District
4101 Bardstown Road
Louisville KY 40218

Phone 502.491.0085

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