Barstow Fire Protection District
SoCal · District · Combination
Mission
Dedicated to serving and protecting the community of Barstow with pride and professionalism, delivering outstanding emergency medical, fire, hazardous materials, and rescue response as an all-hazard agency.
Source: official department source
The Barstow Fire Protection District was authorized by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on 24 May 1926 as the Barstow Volunteer Fire Department, covering about four square miles with no firefighting equipment and a population of barely a thousand.
Preparing for the Barstow Fire Protection District oral board
Barstow Fire Protection District runs 2 stations across its community. Build your ARTS Tie-back material from what this department tells you about itself:
- its mission and the values it states
- the community it serves and the calls it runs
- the specialized work it runs, from wildland and interface fires, hazardous materials, and technical rescue
- the culture and priorities its own people describe
Themes this profile surfaces
- Why you want to serve Barstow Fire Protection District specifically, over any other department
- Scenario questions that touch its wildland and interface fires and hazardous materials work
- How your own values line up with the department's mission
- Pace and call volume at a department running Approximately 8,000 calls for service annually a year
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