Who are we?

The mission of CFRST is to provide training, equipment and other needed services to volunteer, combination and small paid fire departments who cannot otherwise afford these services. In addition, CFRST will provide training for First responders experiencing PTSD.
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How can you help?

These departments frequently barely have enough revenue to keep the lights on. Things like training and new equipment to keep them safe are not even an option for these departments. Much of their equipment does not even meet the current standards.

CFRST accepts one-time donations and corporate and group donations.

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Helping Heroes

The mission of CFRST is to provide training, equipment and other needed services to volunteer, combination and small paid fire departments who cannot otherwise afford these services. In addition, CFRST will provide training for First responders experiencing PTSD.

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Puppies

Therapy dogs have proven their effectiveness time and again with people affected by trauma. CFRST is funding training for therapy dogs that will be going to large scale events and individual fire departments to help first responders in dealing with traumatic incidents.

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Pathways

Supports statewide programs to help all California youth discover the opportunities to begin a career in the fire service.

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PPE

30% of Firefighters are volunteers in California. Without these volunteers there are many rural areas in the state that would have little to no fire and EMS services. Small departments throughout the state that have paid firefighters have little to no budget for critical training and equipment. There are federal, state, and private grants to help. These often fall short of meeting specific needs of Volunteer and small Fire departments. CFRST is here to fill in the gaps for departments that don’t qualify for grants and have safety equipment that needs replacement or training needs that go unmet.

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Support First Responders...

Approximately 70% of the nation’s firefighters are volunteers. 

As a society we believe it is our duty to support those who risk their lives to serve their communities with little or no compensation. 

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What California’s Atmospheric Rivers Mean for Drought, Floods, Fires

Apr 4, 2023 |

California has experienced an exceptionally wet winter with 11 atmospheric rivers battering the state since late December. A twelfth such storm is arrived on Tuesday, threatening to cause even more flooding, landslides and road closures.

Atmospheric rivers are vast airborne currents of dense moisture carried aloft for hundreds of miles from the Pacific and funneled over land to fall as bouts of heavy rain and snow. Here’s what such storms mean for the near and long term.

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VIDEO: California fire department saves 17 farm animals from mud pit, flood

Apr 4, 2023 |

Farmers in California are facing huge flooding dangers, as are their farm animals.

The San Bernadino County Fire Department tweeted this video of their team rescuing seventeen large farm animals. The horses, cows, and goats were stuck in a huge mud put after record flooding ripped through the farm.

Crews have now cleared a path to the remaining animals with a skid steer and the animals were taken to a shelter for evaluation.

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Fire Victim Trust Settles Vegetation Management Claims For $171m

Apr 4, 2023 |

March 23, 2023 07:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Fire Victim Trust (FVT) announced today that it has reached a Settlement and Mutual General Release Agreement with defendants Western Environmental Consultants, LLC; ArborMetrics Solutions, LLC; Trees, LLC; and Utility Tree Service, LLC for vegetation management claims relating to the North Bay fires in California in October 2017.

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Support Our Sponsors

CFRST provides a wide range of Annual Sponsorships, Event Sponsorships, and Other Opportunities for Corporations to support first responders in California.

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