- What
If No One Answered the Call?
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(West
Chazy, NY) A
storm breaks out unexpectedly in West
Chazy. Lightning
causes a home to catch fire. Cars
crash in the blinding rain. People of
all ages call for help. What would
happen if no one answered the call?
Who would respond to protect the lives
and property of the community? Who
would be there to help?
Every day, in every community,
emergency responders answer the call
of our families, friends and neighbors
who are in need
of assistance. From car accidents to
heart attacks, from house fires to
technical rescues, emergency
responders are there to
protect lives and property.
Emergency responders are a special
type of people, with many different
reasons for answering the call of
duty. Some like the
challenges and the adrenaline rush,
while others like to sharpen their
emergency skills and techniques. Every
one of them
answers the call so that they can help
someone in need.
Today’s emergency responders do far
more than put out fires or bandage
wounds. Emergency responders are the
first line of
defense in natural and man-made
disasters. They respond to vehicle
accidents, hazardous materials
incidents, specialized
rescue situations and a vast array of
emergency medical complaints.
In response to the growing need for
new volunteer fire and emergency
medical service providers,
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The West
Chazy Fire Dept has initiated a
recruitment campaign for interested
citizens to learn how to “answer the
call” and serve their community.
Becoming a volunteer emergency
responder can be the most rewarding
experience of your life, and allows
you to reach out
to someone in need. Together the West
Chazy Fire Dept and you can ensure
that there is always someone to
“answer the call.”
To become a volunteer firefighter at
the West Chazy Fire Department
you must meet the following criteria:
(1) You must be at least 18 years of
age.
- (2)
You must live in the West Chazy
Fire Protection District or
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(2a) work 40 hours within the
West Chazy Fire District
and have verification from your
employer that you can leave work
for emergency calls.
(3)
Be willing and able to participate in
training exercises, fire response,
social activities and other
Department functions as needed.
*NO individual will be accepted for
membership with an arson conviction.
If you are interested in serving your
community as a West Chazy Fire
Department member or would like more
information, please email us or stop
by the firehouse monday nights 7pm
If you live outside our
fire district but you are still
interested in
- becoming
a volunteer firefighter, please
call your local fire dept
in your area!
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