About Unified Fire Authority
The Unified Fire Authority (UFA) is Utah’s largest fire service agency, with approximately 695 personnel serving an estimated 473,921 residents across 15 municipalities in the Greater Salt Lake area. UFA provides fire and emergency response services throughout its member communities, including all unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County, as well as one member municipality, Eagle Mountain City, located in Utah County.
Attention Lateral Paramedic Firefighters
We’re Hiring!
We’re accepting applications through this Friday, September 4, 2026
https://unifiedfireut.gov/lateralfirefighterparamedic/
Thank you to Hillcrest High School for honoring and recognizing our firefighters for their response and tremendous effort during the North Union Apartment Fire. We’re grateful for your support and truly honored to serve the @MidvaleCity community. 🙏❤️🚒
The Unified Fire Authority is offering opportunities for firefighter-paramedics to join our organization through our lateral hiring process, with compensation potentially starting up to Step 10, based on the UFA firefighter pay plan. via @YouTube
Recruitment is open through September 4.
Apply: https://unifiedfire.applicantpro.com/jobs/4162953-278125
Please see the notification below. There is currently NO evacuation orders for Salt Lake County residents.
We are aware of SLCo residents receiving emergency evacuation alerting at approximately 4:50pm. This message is intended for residents in the Henefer, Summit County area only, impacted by the #RockyCanyon Fire.
The evacuation alert does not apply to Salt Lake County residents.
Reminder to those Lateral Paramedics who are interested in joining our team.
Applications are open through this week and will close Friday, September 4th
We`d love to see you join us!
Apply at unifiedfireut.gov
Camp 62 continues on!
Chainsaw Operations and Vertical Ventilation
Recruits have been learning proper chainsaw maintenance, techniques and team communications. Saws are widely used and considered a key tool in firefighting operations.
Roof operations is one of those times where the saw is an important tool, and is very effective in the tactical decision to vertically vent a roof
Vertical ventilation is a tactic where crews cut an opening in the roof of a building to help remove smoke and heated gases from the interior of a structure. When used in conjunction with interior operations, this is a great tactic to improve conditions on a fire ground scene.
🔥 GARAGE FIRES CAN SPREAD QUICKLY—EVEN ON A RAINY NIGHT. 🌧️
Unified Fire Authority crews recently responded to a garage fire in Kearns while working through wet and challenging conditions.
Garages often contain gasoline, propane, paint, batteries, and other combustible materials that can cause a fire to grow rapidly. You can help protect your home and family by:
• Storing flammable products properly and away from heat sources
• Keeping the door between your garage and home closed
• Never leaving charging batteries unattended
• Calling 911 immediately and staying outside if a fire occurs
Weather may change the conditions, but it does not change the importance of being prepared. Rain or shine, fire safety starts before an emergency happens.
#UnifiedFireAuthority #Kearns #FireSafety #CommunitySafety Preparedness
3 weeks in and our recruits got to meet the Flashover Prop
The flashover prop is a specialized and controlled training prop that teaches firefighters to recognize and survive extreme fire behavior
Recruits get to experience things such as - Thermal layering, smoke progression, rollover and sudden ignition of a flashover which can exceed temps well over 1000 degrees
The design of the prop allows firefighters to sit well below the upper layers which reach the higher temps, and allows the recruits to safely experience and learn what to look for and how to act.
*ATTENTION LATERAL PARAMEDICS*
We are interested in hiring qualified lateral Firefighter/Paramedics this Fall/Winter!
If you’re interested, and have questions, go check out our YouTube page and see if we can answer some questions for you!
This podcast is nothing but Laterals who have made the jump and talk about the experiences that they have had, and their reasons for making the change!
We hope this answers some questions and eases the process for you.
There is also an additional podcast from February of 2023 also full of laterals talking about their experiences . We hope the two videos can answer some questions for you!
Applications are open now on our website unifiedfireut.gov
UFA was honored to join our local and state fire agencies in a procession honoring the two fallen pilots who tragically lost their lives fighting the Widemouth 2 Fire. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and all those affected by this heartbreaking loss.
Thank you to Hillcrest High School for honoring and recognizing our firefighters for their response and tremendous effort during the North Union Apartment Fire. We’re grateful for your support and truly honored to serve the @midvalecity community. 🙏❤️🚒
We would like to express our congratulations to Captain Darin Monsen on his retirement effective Aug. 1st, 2026.
Captain Darin Monsen began his fire service career as a volunteer firefighter with Midvale City in 1986 before becoming a full-time firefighter in 1999. Throughout his career, he dedicated several years to serving as a Fire and EMS Training Officer for the Midvale City Fire Department, helping train and mentor the next generation of firefighters.
In 2011, Captain Monsen joined Unified Fire Authority, where he continued his commitment to serving the community with professionalism, leadership, and compassion. With more than 30 years in the fire service, his career has been defined by dedication, selfless service, and an unwavering commitment to those around him.
As he begins this well-earned retirement, Darin looks forward to spending more time in the mountains, camping, fishing, and hunting with his family and friends.
Reflecting on his career, Captain Monsen shared these heartfelt words with his UFA family:
"It has been an honor to serve our community and an honor to serve alongside some of the greatest brothers and sisters in the fire service."
Thank you, Captain Darin Monsen, for your 26 years of dedicated service to the community and Unified Fire Authority. Your contributions have made a lasting impact on those you`ve served and those who have had the privilege of serving alongside you. We wish you all the best in retirement.
