Links to Fire Service Sites

Los Angeles City Fire Department, California
Monterey Fire Department, California One of the FDs I dispatched for years!
Eureka Fire Department, California
City of Port Orange Fire/Rescue, Florida
Charlottesville Fire Department, Virginia
Charlottesville - Albemarle Rescue Squad, Virginia
Ashland Fire & Rescue, Oregon URL!
Clarkes Fire & Rescue,Oregon
Shoreline Fire Department, Washington
Sedona Fire Department, Arizona
Ottawa Fire Department, Canada
Verdugo Fire Communications Center, California
Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Work Group
The UnOfficial Federal Way Fire Department Home Page, Washington
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, Oregon
Fyrfytr's FireWEB
Fairfax County Fire & Rescue, Virginia
Joe Rich Fire Rescue, Kelowna, B.C.
Forest View - Gang Mills Fire Department, New York
Pajaro Valley Fire Protection District, California
Kennedy Space Center Fire & Rescue Company
New South Wales Fire Brigade, Australia Sophisticated site!
Rattlesnake Fire Protection District, Colorado
Pikes Peak Fire Chaplains
Polk Township (Indiana) Volunteer Fire Department
Jefferson Township Fire Protection District, Kentucky
McBain Fire Department, Michigan
California Fire Chiefs Association, Communications Section, Northern DivisionIMG SRC="new2.gif" width="32" height="16">URL!
St. Helena Fire Department, California
Aurora Fire Department, Colorado
Tokyo Fire Fighter's Web Site
Oregon Firefighters
Saint Remy Volunteer Fire Departmant, New York
Bomberos de Costa Rica "Necessita bomberos?"
The Victor Volunteer Fire Department, New York.
Hutchinson Community College Fire Science Training, Kansas
Grayling City and Township Fire Department, Michigan
North Star Volunteer Fire Department,Alaska - EXCELLENT site!

A Firefighter's Prayer at the Sorcerer Homepage. (Interesting place to find, it, hmmm?)
Toad's Fire Pad EXTENSIVE site. Set aside some time for this one...
Mac's Home Page I'm honored by his special reciprocal link. :)
Frank Raffa's Little Hole in the Web
FIREFIGHTER - Tom Wright REALLY nice use of graphics.
Ranger's Station on the WWW @ FUSE
Fire & Ice Online
FIREMAN_CA
Undernet #Firehouse Home Page
The Firehouse
Ed Halcomb, Fire Captain
Tokyo Axeman
The Australian Firefighter Page
Bill's Personal Fire House Page

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Now, in case you're wondering "What does this person really know about the Fire Services, anyway?" here's my history: In 1977, I started as a 9-1-1 dispatcher in a consolidated Law Enforcement/Fire Service/EMS PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point). We took the calls and directly dispatched the personnel and equipment to those same calls, providing communications service to 11 Law Enforcement agencies, 27 Fire Districts, and 9 ambulance providers, out of two Dispatch Centers.

I was promoted to shift supervisor in 1979, and in 1988, to the position of Communications Supervisor over the entire Monterey Center. I was certified by the California Department of Forestry and Fire as an "Incident Dispatcher" in 1986. As the liaison between the Center and the agencies we served, I attended many meetings with Fire Chiefs to make sure the dispatchers were providing the best service possible.

....errrrr..... Does being married to a firefighter for a couple of years count? I can tell the difference between a "wharf-head" and a "steamer" and I know what ALL the colors of the hydrants mean!

I re-married in 1990, and we re-located to Southern California in 1991. I had the unenviable position of having to start all over again as an "entry-level" dispatcher with the CHP. And, in 1994, I was able to transfer right back to the CHP Dispatch Center in Monterey county (without my husband). So, here I am again, now working exclusively for a single agency, not 11, or 27, or 9 of them. It has made life a great deal simpler, believe me! My contacts with Allied Agencies have been most beneficial in dealing with various situations related to major incidents where we've worked very closely with the many agencies around us.