Connellsville Township Volunteer Fire Department

CTVFD Membership
Stop in for an Application

• Membership is broken into Patron Members, Associate Members and Life Members.  All members serve a minimum of one (1) year as a Probationary Member.  Members must complete training at the Fayette County Fire School during their first year of membership.  

• ​

• JUNIOR MEMBERS are those members who have not reached their eighteenth (18) birthday. Junior Members are not allowed to fight fire and have certain restrictions placed upon them.  Upon reaching the age of eighteen (18) Junior Members are placed on the Probationary membership roster.

• ​

• PROBATIONARY MEMBERS are those members serving one (1) year of membership prior to becoming a voting member of the department. Probationary Members are expected to train and learn the ways of the fire department, are to participate in all fund raising aspects of the department, are expected to attend company functions and meetings.  Probationary Members must successfully complete their year with a minimum of 40% participation.  Probationary Members have NO voting privileges.

• 
  

• REGULAR MEMBERS are those members who have successfully completed their year of probation and are being accepted into the department. Regular Members must live within Connellsville Township.  Regular Members are given all the privileges of the department and are voting members.  

• 
  

• PATRON MEMBERS are those members who have successfully completed their year of probation and are being accepted into the department. Patron Members live outside Connellsville Township.  Patron Members are given all the privileges of the department and are voting members.

• 
  

• ASSOCIATE MEMBERS are those members who have served within the department but did not reach their activity percentage.  Associate Members have no voting privileges. Years served as an Associate Member do not count towards Life Membership.

• ​

• LIFE MEMBERS are those members who have successfully completed twenty (20) years of active service to the department.

​