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The Rawlins Fire Department is a combination department made up of nine paid career members, a paid Chief, and 17 volunteers. The command structure is made up of both paid and volunteer officers and can be broken down as follows...

• Fire Chief - An employee of the City of Rawlins, he serves as Department head. He is in charge of all Department operations, both paid and volunteer. The Chief is appointed by the City Manager.

• Assistant Fire Chief - This position is normally held by a volunteer of the Department and is top command, under the Chief, of fire suppression and rescue operations.

• Captains (3 Paid, 2 Volunteer) - Captains are incident commanders for all fire and rescue operations. The paid Captains are employees of the City of Rawlins and supervise the day to day operations of the Department.

• Lieutenants - Lieutenants are volunteers of the Department and are responsible for ground operations at all fire and rescue incidents.

• Safety Officer - This position is appointed by the Chief and performs duties per the NFPA Standard 1521.

• Paid Engineers - Employees of the City of Rawlins, they handle the day to day operations of the Department. They operate and maintain all fire apparatus, equipment and man the stations on a 24 hour basis. They organize all training for Department members, track and record all records of the Fire Service.

• Volunteers - Volunteers are the base of all fire suppression and rescue operations. Members come from the local community and they donate a large amount of time and effort to the Department.

Shift Calendar

April 2008

May 2008

Department Membership

Scott Hannum Fire Chief	Bob Clark Assistant Chief	Doug Smith Safety Officer
John Rutherford A Shift Captain	Allen Robinson B Shift Captain/Trustee	Jim Piche C Shift Captain
Chad Brisk A Shift Engineer	Cody Anderson B Shift Engineer	Robert Miller C Shift Engineer
Brady Piche A Shift Engineer	Aaron Zent B Shift Engineer	Josh Kammerlohr C Shift Engineer
Luis Lascano Volunteer Captain	Blake Ecker Volunteer Captain
Terry Patterson Volunteer Lieutenant	Ed Sheets Volunteer Firefighter	Boyd Dischner Volunteer FF/Trustee
Aaron Blair Volunteer FF/Trustee	Bruce Taylor Volunteer Firefighter	Shane Walz Volunteer Firefighter
Brandon Archuleta Volunteer Firefighter	Matt Dischner Volunteer Firefighter	Mandy Smith Volunteer Firefighter
Ashley Patterson Volunteer Firefighter	Jacob Newsome Volunteer Firefighter	Tyler Hillsberg Volunteer Firefighter
Stephanie Schofield Recruit Firefighter	Jeff Cobia Recruit Firefighter	Brandy Tucker Recruit Firefighter
Tyler Schmeling Recruit Firefighter