RHFD

On September 2, 2005, four firefighters from the Rodeo-Hercules Fire District were dispatched to the New Orleans area helping with emergency relief operations under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Chief Gary Boyles and Captain Steve Trotter left on Friday and Engineer Nick Ronchetto and Firefighter/Paramedic Skye Johnson followed on Saturday. After briefing in Atlanta the pairs of two will be deployed to the disaster zone. The four firefighters answered a FEMA request for full-time career firefghters to volunteer for a minimum 30-day commitment. The District also is preparing a list of volunteers who have completed the District’s Community Emergency Response Training program. These volunteers will be deployed in the future to assist FEMA for a 2 week minimum commitment.