Ride-Alongs

Ride-alongs are defined as opportunities for individuals to come to a station and ride with crews on fire apparatus for a designated time period. The ride-along timeframe will be 8 am to 10 pm. Ride-alongs will not be scheduled on “line-observed” holidays unless approved by the station officer. Ride-alongs are observation only, riders are not to take part in emergency operations.

 Requirements

Requests for a ride-along shall originate through Casper Fire-EMS’s (CFD) homepage a minimum of 2 weeks prior to the requested date and are subject to the following requirements:

  1. The individual is enrolled in a high-school trade program, or fire-science program and/or is involved in a similar educational program.
  2. The individual is a minimum of 18 years old unless active in one of the above-listed programs and
  3. The individual cannot be in a current CFD recruitment process

 Please note that if you are an active candidate in CFD’s process for employment, you are not permitted to do a ride-along at this time.

 Application Process

  1. Riders who meet the above requirements will need to fill out the Online Application Form. 
  2. Please note, that only requests made through CFD’s website will be processed. 
  3. Once the rider has been approved and meets the initial criteria, they will be notified by the designated ride-along coordinator to schedule the ride-along.

 Please be aware that CFD does reserve the right to deny any request. If your request is not approved, you will receive a timely notification of the reason. 

 Conduct Standards

To participate in a ride-along, riders will be held to the same conduct standards as CFD firefighters. Riders should wear a dark blue polo, dark blue/black pants (no jeans), sturdy boots or shoes (no open-toed shoes), and bring appropriate outerwear. Riders are limited to one ride per year.