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May-June 2007 Alpine Barona East County El Cajon Grossmont ...

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theZONE <strong>El</strong> <strong>Cajon</strong> 35<strong>El</strong> <strong>Cajon</strong>Jay WojnowskiEngineer-Paramedic<strong>El</strong> <strong>Cajon</strong> Fire Departmentjwojnows@ci.el-cajon.ca.usBrandon FarrellyFirefighter-Paramedic<strong>El</strong> <strong>Cajon</strong> Fire Departmentbfarrell@ci.el-cajon.ca.usReserve Firefighters Join The<strong>El</strong> <strong>Cajon</strong> Fire DepartmentThe <strong>El</strong> <strong>Cajon</strong> Fire Departmentintroduced its new ReserveFirefighter program with the addition of thirteennew Reserve Firefighters. The Reserve Academywas a partnership between the <strong>El</strong> <strong>Cajon</strong> FireDepartment, San Miguel Fire Department, andMiramar College. The primary goal of thereserve program is to develop firefighters forfuture employment and augment bothemergency and non-emergency activities. Theacademy consisted of 14 weeks of training atthe Heartland Training Facility every Monday,Wednesday, and Saturday. All ReserveFirefighters are required to perform a total of 48hours of ride-along time and attend one drillper month.During the academy, the ReserveFirefighters received training and certificationsin Confined Space Operations, HazardousMaterials First Responder Operations, andIncident Command Systems. They were alsoFront row left to right: Jeff Gauyan, Bill Thorn, Miguel Mejia, Aaron KatonBack row left to right: Zach Loftis, Jake <strong>El</strong>kins, Reserve Coordinator Rodney Geilenfeldt,Andrew Mehren, Shaun Hemphill, Eric Benedek.Agency WebsiteReserves firefighters not pictured are: Wade Snow, Shaun Richardson,Brandon Battaglia and Josh Royer

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