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
