Department Personnel

STAFFING:

The Garden Valley Fire Protection District is staffed at all times, 24 Hours a day. 365 days a year by a minimum of two career personnel. Each one of the three shifts has a Captain and an Engineer assigned to it. The Garden Valley Fire Protection District career firefighters work a 48-hour on, 96-hour off schedule. The Fire Chief and/r the Assistant Chiefs respond to emergency dispatches with the career staff. Volunteer personnel respond to emergency dispatches when they are available to provide additional resources. Automatic mutual aid is; provided b the Georgetown Fire Department, Eldorado County Fire Protection District, CaFire and the US Forest Service depending on the location and type of call. The Garden Valley Fire Protection District provides automatic mutual aid to these agencies in return. Dispatching is done through the Interagency Emergency Command Center located at the Camino El-Dorado/Amador unit CalFire headquarters.

Officers:

Rank: Name: Radio identifier:
Fire Chief Bill Dekker 7300
Assistant Chief Bob Bement 7301
Assistant Chief Linda Szczepanik 7302
Logistics Chief Robin Bement 7303
Captain/EMT, A shift Jeff Burch 7311
Engineer/Medic A Shift Jake Koontz 7329
Captain/Medic B Shift Wes Norman 7324
Engineer/EMT B Shift Mike Braziel 7323
Captain/EMT, C shift Charles Frost 7327
Engineer/Medic C Shift Clyde Rust 7331
Engineer/Medic Volunteer Corrine Staves 7321
Investigator Mike Power 7309

Board of Directors:

Richard Smith, Chairman

Frank Clark, Vice Chairman

Dave Souza, Secretrary/Treasurer

Karen Smith, Director

Wendell Smith, Director

Norma “Jo” Cleaver, Board Clerk