Letter to applicants

Welcome to Forbush Volunteer Fire Department Inc. We invite you to embark on a challenging and gratifying experience in fire and life safety services.

Our department is dependant upon volunteers like you to provide fire and life safety services for the community. The time you invest volunteering for the department is crucial in helping provide a safer community for the citizens we serve.

Listed below are the minimum requirements for applying.

• Applicants must reside in the Forbush Fire District or reside within one and one half (1-½) measurable roadway miles from any Forbush Fire District boundary line.
• Applicants must be a US Citizen of good character, physically sound, and must have attained the age of 18. (Age 14 is minimum age for junior firefighter applicants.)
• Applicants shall provide a statement from a physician stating that their physical fitness is suitable for the tasks necessary to be performed by a firefighter.
• Applicants must be willing to submit to drug testing.

If you are interested in becoming a firefighter or EMT with our department, please stop by the station Monday thru Friday 8am to 5pm or on Tuesday evenings from 7pm to 10pm to pick up an application packet. If you are unable to stop by, please call or e-mail Captain Wes Hutchens @ 336-817-5779 to obtain an application packet.

Once again we welcome you to the department and thank you for your interest in volunteering with us for our community!!!

Forbush Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

Membership Committee