We are the oldest volunteer fire department in Nevada County.
The department began serving the town of North San Juan in 1862, and was incorporated as a Fire Protection District in 1986. Today we cover the largest territory with the smallest budget of all fire districts in Nevada County.
We provide emergency services for 250 to 300 incidents per year. Like all fire departments, only a little over 10% of our emergency responses are related to fires. Over half of our responses involve medical emergencies, one-fourth are vehicle accidents, and the remainder are other miscellaneous emergencies. About 65% of our calls come from North San Juan or the San Juan Ridge area from Highway 49 to approximately Sages Road.
In addition to Medical Aid, Vehicle Accident, Wild Land and Structure Fire Response, the District provides:
Fire Prevention
First Aid Training
Search and Rescue
Hazardous Materials Response
Swiftwater Rescue
Safety and Injury Prevention
Public Assistance
Public Education
We are a Volunteer Fire Department. Our Firefighters, Board, Auxiliary members and several District residents who help with office tasks all donate their time. The Chief is paid a small stipend for what is almost a full-time job. The District Managers are paid part-time positions.
Station Locations
District Office
13200 Tyler Foote Crossing Rd.
Nevada City, CA 95959
P.O. Box 299
North San Juan, CA 95690
(530) 292-9159
(530) 292-1417 Fax
Info911@nsjfire.org
Station #3
13200 Tyler Foote Crossing Rd.
Nevada City, CA 95959
Station #2
20399 Pleasant Valley Rd.
North San Juan, CA 95960
Station #1
10057 Reservoir St.
North San Juan, CA 95960
Roster (Updated September 2019)
Officers
Flores, Jason, Fire Chief – EMT
Browning, Tom, Deputy Chief – EMT
Dorn, Chris, Battalion Chief, EMT Stations 1 & 2
Flores, Angela, Battalion Chief, EMT Stations 3 & 4
Van Order, Nathaniel, Captain – Station 1 – EMT
Mark Roland, Captain – Station 2 – EMR
Mead, Rich, Captain, Station 3 & 4
Fites-Kaufman, Casey, Engineer, Station 1, EMT
Guetebier, Andy, Engineer, Station 1, AEMT
Scott, Bill, Engineer, Station 2 – EMT
Simpson, Forrest, Engineer, Station 3 – EMT
Rainville, Chris, Engineer, Station 3 – EMR
Stead, Judy, Engineer, Station 4
Firefighters
Bottaro, Uma *
Burke, Sambhava
Chen See, Kamala *
Lingen, Doug – Reserve – EMT
Gross, Micah *
Guetebier, Andy – EMT
Hunter, Jacob –
Lehman, Eugene
Maurin, Michael
Moorhouse, Christian – AEMT
Rodriguez, Alejandro *
Sewell, Derek
Shay, Cameron *
Winter, Gabriel *
Administration
McGarva, Lynn, District Manager, Finance and Facilities
Ryan, Heidi, District Manager, Operations and Personnel + Board Secretary
Board of Directors
Tschantz, Tim – Chair
Boyd, Bruce – Vice Chair
Leach, Pat – Treasurer
Williamson, Rhea – Director
Hinrichs, Samantha – Director
Administrative Volunteers
Beckenbach, Sharon
Fire Auxiliary
Lorenz, Nancy -President
December 2020
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