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Q. Who can join the fire department? A. Membership is open to all residents of the Dickinson area 18 years of age or over and are of good moral character and physically sound.
Q. Do I need prior experience? A. No fire experience is necessary.
Q. How much time is required once I join? A. You are required to make a certain percentage of the weekly Wednesday (7:30PM) trainings as well as a certain percentage of the fire calls per year.
Q. How many fire fighters does Dickinson have? A. Membership in the department is confined to 60 members.
Q. How many stations does Dickinson have? A. Two – City of Dickinson Central Fire Station 1 is on the East side of town and Dickinson Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 is on the West side of town.
Q. What type of training do Dickinson volunteers receive? A. You will be required to attend a new member training class with the Galveston County Fire Fighters Association. Most of the training is on Tuesdays and Thursdays nights with some Saturdays. The training last for at least 3 months and includes over 80 hours of basic fire fighting training.
Q. How do you know when to respond? A. All active fire fighters carry a special pager that alerts them of a call or situation.
A. We respond to all types of fire related calls (structures, grass, vehicles, trash, etc.), gas leaks, motor vehicle accidents, medical related, as well as any other types of incidents that the fire department’s assistance is requested.
Q. What type of medical related calls does the fire department make? A. The fire department responds to first responder (medical) pcalls. Dickinson Medic 1 provides ambulance service to the Dickinson area and the fire department often assists them in various ways (medical care, driver, lift assist, extrication, etc.). The fire department is also called for first responder calls when Dickinson Medic 1 is unavailable and a mutual aid ambulance has been called to respond to Dickinson. We do have several EMT’s on the fire department, but it is not a requirement for membership. All members are encouraged, however, to become EMT’s.
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