Downey Fire Department
SoCal · Municipal · Career
Mission
The dedicated men and women of the Downey Fire Department strive to deliver the highest quality of service to the expanding needs of our community. We will safely and aggressively prevent or minimize the loss of life and property through our combined professional efforts.
Source: official department source
Downey Fire Department is a career department of 63 sworn firefighters - eighteen of them licensed paramedics - distributed over three platoons, plus 18 ambulance operators.
Preparing for the Downey Fire Department oral board
Downey Fire Department serves Approximately 114,355 residents across 12.6 square miles from 4 stations. 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 urban search and rescue and technical rescue
- the programs it puts into the community, like public education and prevention
- the culture and priorities its own people describe
Themes this profile surfaces
- Why you want to serve Downey Fire Department specifically, over any other department
- Scenario questions that touch its urban search and rescue and technical rescue work
- How you would contribute to its public education and prevention work
- How your own values line up with the department's mission
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