Reserve Firefighter Program
The Department was established in 1958 and covers 87 square miles. With a population of 26,000,(including Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center) the department is kept very busy. The Fire Department is responding to over 2,500 calls a year from two staffed fire stations.
The Reserve Firefighter position is the backbone of the department. You are the front-line firefighter on the engine. You will be the one putting out the fire or using the jaws of life. The skills that you learned in the Academy will be put to the test every shift., while you are learning new tasks along the way. Twentynine Palms is a long drive for most of our Reserve Firefighters, but they all agree that the experience they gain is like nowhere else. You are the firefighter on the apparatus that day. There is no full time firefighter there to show you how to do your job and it is either sink or swim. Our full-time Captains and Engineers will ensure that you are up to the challenge.
