Eddy County operates twelve volunteer fire districts. Included
in these districts are twenty fire stations and sixty-five pieces of apparatus.
The following is a list of these districts:
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Interested in becoming a member of an Eddy County volunteer fire department?
Active
membership requirements:
- An applicant must be eighteen years of age or older. The member must be a resident, be employed, or have a substantial regular presence within the boundaries of the fire protection district.
- An applicant shall submit an application for membership on a standard county application form.
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All applicants may be required to have a background investigation conducted
on their employment,
character,
police record, and credit history by the county sheriff's department. - The applicant must be willing to answer fire and emergency alarms, attend meetings, drills, practices, training sessions, and have a desire to advance to the certification of Firefighter I and II.
- A member may be an active member of several different departments at the same time, as long as each affected department is aware of this fact and the applicant is accepted by each department.
- An applicant for membership may be asked to submit to an examination relative to his physical and mental fitness to perform the duties of a firefighter. If a physical is deemed to be necessary and or required, the county manager's office shall arange for a physical with the county physician in either Carlsbad or Artesia, and the cost of the physical will be paid for by the county fire department.
