APPLICATION PROCESS AND POLICY

• All Applicants must meet with the Assistant Chief to review the application process and procedures to be followed.
• You will need to complete a simple, BUT IMPORTANT, application process to assure your safety and the safety of the residents of the Town of Vinton.
• New Applicants must complete two applications
  • Vinton First Aid Crew Application.
    –Return to VFAC Assistant Chief for processing
  • Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Application. (Yellow Cover Page Form)
  • VFAC Assistant Chief will review the applications and sign line 1 (under for organization use only) of the Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Application.
  • VFAC Assistant Chief and the applicant will review cover page of the Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Application.
  • Applicant will schedule an appointment with Roanoke County Fire and Rescue.
    • Applicant is responsible to bring the following:
      –Pink copy of Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Application
      –DMV record (Obtainable from DMV)
    • You will:
      –Need to sign permission form for a Criminal History Check
      –Receive an information packet to be reviewed
      –LOU regarding driving county vehicles
      –Have your picture taken for I.D. badge
      –Receive Rookie Orientation Information
      –Have your Criminal History Record processed and reviewed
      –Have your DMV record reviewed
    • Rescue Chief will be notified of the results of the reviews.
    • Only applicants who have NO felony convictions and NO convictions of moral turpitude will be eligible for acceptance.
    • Only applicants who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older with–two (2) or better DMV points will be eligible to drive county vehicles.
    • The Applicant, after passing ALL required reviews, is then eligible to be presented for membership in the Vinton First Aid Crew at the next regularly scheduled business meeting.