{"id":88710,"date":"2015-11-30T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=88710"},"modified":"2015-11-30T10:21:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T16:21:19","slug":"jrfd-appealing-for-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=88710","title":{"rendered":"JRFD appealing for recruits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rural-fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2010\" alt=\"rural fire\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rural-fire-300x202.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rural-fire-300x202.png 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rural-fire-259x175.png 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rural-fire.png 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department is recruiting volunteer firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>Rural Fire Chief, Ben Mauldeing says the need is for four to six new recruits.<\/p>\n<p>Prospective firefighters do not need to live in a rural area, and the department is open to men and women.<\/p>\n<p>Maulding adds, it is important for a potential recruit to talk to his or her family and employer before applying as a firefighter, which includes twice monthly drills.<\/p>\n<p>He adds, that three to four people complete the process of becoming a firefighter.<\/p>\n<p>The department has received several applicants during open application periods in the past and has been satisfied with the quality and quantity of applicants, said Jakob Barnard, training officer for the department. It hopes to see the same this year.<\/p>\n<p>Stipends of $20 per hour are paid to trained firefighters for responding to calls but not for attending meetings or drills.<\/p>\n<p>The Jamestown Rural Fire Department currently has 25 firefighters and three men in the apprentice or training program. Those three apprentices and any additional people recruited in the next months will receive the training necessary to pass the test and become a firefighter 1 under the regulations of the North Dakota Firefighter\u2019s Association.<\/p>\n<p>The department responds to more than 100 fires each year with the busiest times in the spring and fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Rural Fire Department is recruiting volunteer firefighters. Rural Fire Chief, Ben Mauldeing says the need is for four to six new recruits. Prospective firefighters do not need to live in a rural area, and the department is open to men and women. Maulding adds, it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88710"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88719,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88710\/revisions\/88719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}