Thank you for your interest in becoming a Deep River Volunteer Firefighter. Below are details on how our application process works.
Either mail or drop off your Membership Application and Firefighter Medical Clearance Form to Fire Headquarters. Your application will be reviewed by our Investigating Committee and then presented at our next monthly Department meeting, held the first Wednesday of each month.
Upon acceptance of a favorable 2/3 vote of the regular members present you will be placed on six months probation. During your probationary period you are encouraged to participate in all Department drills, calls, meetings and functions. Our drill nights are Wednesdays evenings at 6:30pm. Also during this period you are extremely encouraged to enroll in a State of Connecticut Firefighter I training class. These classes are usually taught at shoreline area fire departments throughout the year by state certified instructors. Class times vary, but are normally two nights a week and two or three weekend days for the practical evolutions. The Department will fully reimburse any member upon completion and passing of any firefighting related classes or training courses.
Probationary members may:
- Ride in the cabs of any apparatus (but not in the jump seats), for calls in Deep River, as long as a regular member is not available to fill that space.
- Not ride in apparatus answering Mutual Aid calls,
- Not act as an Interior Structural Firefighter.
These restrictions may be rescinded, on a call by call basis, when authorized by a Chief Officer.
After you six months probation, at a monthly meeting, you will be voted on by a favorable 2/3 vote of the regular members present and become a regular member of our Department.
