BULLETIN BOARD

HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT

The Golden Valley Volunteer Fire Company was founded September 2, 1975. The fire department was established with resolution number 1116, and covered 171 square miles.

The approximate border landmarks are (East to West) the base of the Cerbat Mountains to the base of the Black Mountains. North to South from Mohave Estates to portions of Oatman Road.

SoHi Estates petitioned and was annexed into the fire district in September of 1979.

In 1980, the department provided emergency medical care, maintaining at least one Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) on duty.

The Mohave County Board of Supervisors approved the order to rename and reorganize the Golden Valley Volunteer Fire Company to the Golden Valley Fire Department in September of 1984.

Funds are drawn from real property and personal property taxes, distributed and processed by the County Treasurer's Office in Kingman.

The success of the department depended on many generous donations,
and of course, the devoted volunteers.

Golden Valley Safety Fair

Saturday June 26^that the Golden Valley Medical Center
4995 Hwy 68 across from Maverick 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM

This is an all ages event and is intended to provide the community with information on safety concerns in the area as well as allow you to meet and greet public safety professionals from the community. Topics will include but are not limited to child safety seat installations, fire extinguisher usage, child water safety, medical services in the area, law enforcement services, Golden Valley C.E.R.T. team operations, and more. Games, music, and water fights are planned plus free bottled water and snacks will be available while supplies last so come on out for a fun time and learn about safety concerns.

Participants will include:

Golden Valley Fire Dept.                           Golden Valley C.E.R.T
Project Safe                                                 Tri-State Care Flight
River Medical Inc. a division of AMR    KRMC
Mohave County Sheriff’s Office             UniSource Energy Services
Golden Valley P.T.A.                               Allen Ironworks & Welding
Thanks to our sponsors:
Golden Valley Fire Department                                  KGMN 100.1 FM
McKEE Foods (Little Debbie’s)                                  Kingman Daily Miner
Discount Sign                                                              Allen Ironworks & Welding
Wal-Mart                                                                     Golden Valley Cable
I.A.F.F. Local 4191                                                    First Due Extinguisher Service
True Value Hardware
And to all of the volunteers for making this event happen!!!!!

BURN BAN ISSUED

For Immediate Release: May 27, 2010

Fire Restrictions in Effect within Golden Valley Fire District beginning May 29, 2010 at 7:00 a.m. and until further notice, all open burning is prohibited. (see burn permit page for details)

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Chief’s message:

Golden Valley has a lot to offer its residents in the form of tons of sunshine, incredible mountain views, and small town charm. With this comes an expanding community and inherent local hazards. The Golden Valley Fire Department pledge to the citizens who live here is we will show courage, integrity and conviction in the performance of our duties.

Your fire department provides core emergency services including fire prevention, fire suppression, emergency medical response, hazardous material response, special operations, public education and code enforcement. The Golden Valley Fire District is a large one covering 220 square miles with three staffed fire stations. Our firefighters train to insure the highest level of preparation to your emergencies when you need us.

We will soon open a Youtube channel designed to educate the public on: Local hazards, how our firefighters carry out their duties, apparatus that protect your fire district, paramedic response, fire response, burn permit process, and the list will grow. In addition, the Youtube channel will be designed to assist our firefighters in their training efforts. Please visit us soon on our Youtube channel: GVFDAZ

We welcome comments and concerns. Thank you to our citizens for their support of the Golden Valley Fire Department.

Sincerely,
Paul C. Hewitt
Fire Chief

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