UFA is Utah’s largest fire agency with 694 employees. UFA protects 451,035 people and $41.8 billion dollars of taxable value in 15 municipalities and Salt Lake County. UFA provides service to all unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County and one municipality (Eagle Mountain) is located in Utah County.
and mitigation efforts. They were also able to practice suiting up in Level A and B suits and decontamination simulation, with some hands on mitigation efforts.
Every day still begins with a group workout as the recruits continue to get smarter, stronger, and faster.
Hazmat Week! Week 9 was entirely focused on the recruits learning Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations. This consists of a lot of classroom instruction going over items like chemistry, transport containers, placard identification, (cont)
Please join us next Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 8am to 11am for our FREE @MillcreekUT Pancake Breakfast at Fire Station 106 (1911 E 3300 S, Millcreek,UT)!
Meet your local firefighters, see the fire trucks, and enjoy a delicious breakfast!
Utah Guide Dogs for the Blind brought their puppies to Station 117 for annual training. This group takes puppies and does the initial training and socialization before they go to dog college to become seeing-eye dogs. The dogs are taken to sporting events, city streets, shops, restaurants, and any place a blind person might go. This is the second year the dogs and their trainers have come to Station 117 to acclimatize the dogs to fire engines and firefighters. There’s nothing better than dogs and firefighters.
Position: Fleet Service Technician Pay Range: $37,813-$53,085 Closing Date: April 30, 2024
Performs a variety of duties oriented towards the preventative maintenance of light, medium and heavy fleet apparatus as well as maintenance on small equipment. This position performs Lube, Oil, and Filter services, preventive maintenance inspections, field tire removal and replacement, brake system inspections and delivers apparatus to repair shops and various UFA locations
For more information click the link in our bio or visit UNIFIEDFIRE.ORG
Warm sunny weekend followed by some snow storms. Drive careful and remember to always wear your seatbelt. Keep children in an approved seat appropriate for their size.
Our crews responded to a crash up Little Cottonwood Canyon today on a car that crashed into a parked car. This is the reason we had to close the canyon while crews got the scene under control. After our teams render care and get scene control we work quickly to help other agencies get roads opened back up.