We're looking for a few good firefighters.

Sign up today for Fire Family Services!

What is it?

Fire Family Services is a program of San Diego FIreman's Relief Association which mobilizes the help our firefighters need during tough times.

Our lives and careers are dangerous and unpredictable. Injuries. Illness. Family strife. But we can weather these storms if we help each other through them. Sign up to help out your fellow firefighters and their families. Someday, the need may be yours.

  • One month commitment
  • On-call only
  • Help your fellow active duty and retired firefighters in need
  • All skills and life experiences needed!

 

You serve our community every day. Help us serve our fire family. Join Fire Family Services today.

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Frequently asked questions

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How does it work?

After completing a brief survey that helps us understand your skills and life experiences, we'll keep that information on file and contact you to arrange a month for you to be on-call. Depending on the roster that month, you may be primary or secondary on call. When your service month comes up, we'll call you if someone needs help.

2. Who can sign up?

Firefighters, their spouses, family members, and friends. Please tell your families about this program- if they'd like to help, we can use them!

3. Will I be the only person helping during my service month?

It depends on how many firefighters sign-up for that month, but our hope is that enough folks will be on call to make it a team effort.

4. What kind of help will i be giving?

It depends on your time, your skills, and what you're comfortable with. Most assistance consists of helping disabled or distressed members with household tasks such as:

Whether your firefighter brother or sister needs a ride, a meal, or a wheelchair ramp, we'll tailor your service to your individual skills and experience. We promise your experience will be rewarding and worthwhile- both for you and the member who needs your help.

5. Why do you need so much information from me?
Your life experience is very important to us. If you have faced personal or family difficulty in the past, and are willing to talk about it, you could be of tremendous help to someone facing the same situation. Perhaps you suffered emotional difficulty from serving in the military. Or maybe your child was born with a medical condition that required extensive treatment. Maybe you've faced divorce. Whatever your experience, it's valuable, and possibly helpful to someone else. You can be a mentor as well as a friend and helper.

6. What if I don't want to mentor? I just want to be available for physical jobs or tasks.
That's fine. Once again, we will tailor your service to your skills, experience, and comfort level. Be sure to indicate what kind of service you're comfortable with on the sign-up form.

7. What if nobody needs help during my month?
This does happen sometimes- what's important is that you made a commitment to be available, and that you sign-up again!

8. What if I can't make it because of work or other commitments?
We'll work with you to try to find a replacement.


9. Can I sign-up for more than one month?
Absolutely! We know many of our members enjoy being there for each other. We encourage you to sign-up as often as your time and energy permit.

 

Ready to sign-up? Click here.

Any other questions? Please contact us for more information. Thank you for your service!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to sign up

Ready to sign up? There are two ways to do so- from this page, or by downloading the paper form and sending it to us.

Click here to to fill out and submit the online form, or,

if you would rather download and print a paper form, click here. When completed, mail, fax, or scan/email the form to:

 

San Diego FIreman's Relief Association
Attn: Fire Family Services
10509 San Diego Mission Road
San Diego, CA 92108

Fax: (619) 281-8325
email: volunteer@sdfra.org

 

 

 

Section 1: Your contact information.


First Name
Last Name


Title/Rank

Division
 

Mobile Phone

e-mail address
Please use a personal, rather than city, email address here.

 

Section 2: About you.
Your commitments, skills, and life experience help us determine how you can be of the most help to fire families in need. Please complete this information in entirety. We will work to keep your information private.

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Tell us about your business
or side job and any skills required.

Other commitments

Do you have any other commitments that may affect your ability to help out? (Church,
other volunteering, single resource, etc.) This is merely for scheduling purposes - it will not
necessarily preclude your ability to serve.

 

 

Section 3: Your skills.
Please check all that apply.

Construction Skills



Concrete

Handyman

Domestic Skills




 

Professional/Other Skills


Legal


 
If you hold any special training or education for the above skills, please describe below:

 		If you hold any special training or education for the above skills, please describe below:

 		If you hold any special training or education for the above skills, please describe below:

 

Section 4: Miscellaneous.

Is there anything else you'd like us to know about you and your desire to be of service?

 

That's it! When you're ready, click "submit" below. Someone will contact you soon to coordinate your role in Fire Family Services. Thank you for lending a hand to your fellow firefighters, and we hope you enjoy your service!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request Help

If you have landed on this page and are in need of assistance from Fire Family Services, please contact our office:

 

San Diego Fireman's Relief Association
10509 San Diego Mission Road, Suite F
San Diego, CA 92108

phone: (619) 281-0354
fax: (619) 281-8325
email: jerry@sdfra.org

If you require immediate assistance, please click here.

 

 

 

Make a donation to support Fire Family Services

Fire Family Services is our most important and encompassing program for rendering assistance to firefighters and families through sickness, distress, and death. If you would like to make a tax-deductible gift to support this program, you may use our secure PayPal donation portal below, or contact us for more options. Thank you for your support.

 

 

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