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Christiana hired its first two full-time Firefighter/EMTs in 1994 to offset daily Fire/EMS staffing. Over the past 30 years we have gradually increased our career staff to 35 full-time employees.
In 2004 Christiana Career Staff started the first I.A.F.F. Union Local in Delaware for combination department firefighters, which has grown to over 150 members throughout New Castle County, also followed suite in Kent and Sussex Counties with their own locals.
CFC was the first combination department in the state to promote career employees into the officer ranks in 2012 with our first Career Assistant Chief, followed by our first Career Lieutenants in 2015.
Our career staff work seamlessly alongside of our volunteer officers and members to ensure we have a minimum of 1 Duty Chief, 1 Engine, 1 Ladder, and 3 BLS units staffed 24/7, 365.
Christiana strives to be the example of a successful combination system for our state and nation.
We currently employ:
1 Career Assistant Chief, 3 Captains, 1 Lieutenant, 16 Firefighters, 12 EMTs, a full-time administrator and a full-time mechanic. CFC also employs over 30 part time EMTs for BLS staffing.
Our Career Fire/EMS work a 4 Platoon rotation of 24hrs on and 72 hrs off. Each shift has 1 Capt./Lt. (Shift Commander), with 4 Firefighter/EMTs & 3 BLS EMTs.
Jeff Shields
Jeff joined the fire service in 1995 with the Lewis Run Volunteer Fire Department in McKean County, Pennsylvania. While in college at West Virginia University, Jeff joined the Star City Volunteer Fire Department. While there, he held the position of Vice President. In 2000, he graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and joined the DuPont company in Parkersburg, WV. He was a member of the Mineral Wells Volunteer Fire Department for 12 years and held the Treasurer's position and was a Captain. Jeff accepted an over-seas assignment in Singapore with DuPont in May, 2012 and returned to the USA in August of 2014. Jeff joined the Christiana Fire Company in October 2014 and is the current Treasurer of the fire company. Jeff is currently the Global Distribution Safety and Emergency Response Competency Leader for DowDuPont.
Jeff is an active firefighter riding out of Station 12.
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