Edhat StaffSource: City of Santa Barbara
On Thursday August 17, 2017 the City of Santa Barbara Fire Department recognized over 43 Volunteers during the 7th annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon at City Fire Station 1, 121 W. Carrillo Street. These Volunteers have been instrumental in assisting the Fire Department with several public education program including: Fire Safety House Program, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) instruction (both in English and Spanish), EOC Volunteers, Fire Volunteers and Listos volunteer instructors.
The Fire Safety House program visited 13 local area schools and reached over 850 third graders with important fire and life safety information. This year the volunteers, as a whole, contributed over 1200 hours of community outreach. Without the assistance of the Volunteers many public education programs would not have been accomplished.
The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) participated in the event to recognized the City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Volunteers. The City’s EOC volunteers assisted the County during the Alamo/Whittier Fires. Elsa Arndt, OEM Deputy Director, thanked the City for allowing OEM to activate the City’s volunteers during the fires.
The Department is proud to honor those that have given their time and energy to volunteer in contributing important life safety information to our Community.
