Volunteer

Do you want to fight fire? Do you have a burning desire to serve your community? Pueblo West is a growing community and it's fire department has had to grow right along with it. Currently, the Pueblo West Fire Department has 18 Full time staff and responses are supplemented by 38 committed volunteer firefighters.

The demands of today's firefighter are great - not only does he or she have to posess the knowledge and skills to safely and successfully fight fires and handle emergency scenes, but more than ever before they now have to provide the highest quality of emergency medical care to patients every day. This requires many hours of training and education.

Our volunteer firefighters first go through a six month fire academy, and upon graduation begin their probation year and are able to start running fire/rescue calls. They also must either already possess a Colorado State EMT certificate, or they must obtain within one year of graduation from the fire academy.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, you are encouraged to attend several fire trainings to see what we are all about, and make sure that this is something you really want to do. Then if you are still interested, you may submit an application. Applications are kept on file and are reviewed generally once a year, or as positions are needed.

How to Apply

To apply for a Volunteer Firefighter position, please download the Volunteer Firefighter Application Form (which is actually our Employment Form as well), fill it out and submit it to: