Employee's Volunteer's Requirements Drug Testing and Background Checks Part 1 of 3

Employee's Volunteer's Requirements Drug Testing and Background Checks in the LMRFD. Part 1 of 3

This is a three part series on Requirements, Drug Testing and Background Checks for volunteers and employees in the LMRFD

The first part is on the requirements to become an employee or volunteer for the LMRFD. Why people don't apply as volunteers and employees and what we can do to fix it? 

One thing we can all agree on it the process needs to be fair with everyone held to the same requirements and training standards. 

On the Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District's Employment page it says all applicants for Firefighter/EMS "must have Firefighter I & II, and at minimum an EMT Certification" 

The LMRFD tells us they do have volunteers. 
Do all current LMRFD employees and volunteers have these certifications? 
If not, why not? 
Are training records for volunteers and employees public? 
Is there a double standard? 

The last thing we need is a complaint that a current employee or volunteer doesn't meet the requirement that all applicants "must have Firefighter I & II, and at minimum an EMT Certification" 

Volunteers
Let me make one thing clear, there is NO LAW in Arizona with specific training requirements for firefighters. What level firefighters are trained to is the decision of the fire chief.

I took several hundred hours of training with NACFD to become an external firefighter. At 67 I'm not putting on bunkers and an air pack to run into a burning house. BUT with proper training and equipment even us old guys can respond on fires as well as help on the ambulance. 

Last year NACFD got a new 3000 gallon water tender with a top mounted monitor nozzle and joystick control. Even us old guys can sit in the cab and put water on a fire until more units arrive. 

When it comes to Employee's Volunteer's Requirements Drug Testing and Background Checks in the LMRFD we need to rethink things...