Welcome to my CDF/Cal Fire Registry History Page. My name is Tommie Mobley , and this is a short Historical perspective of my time with the organization. My Training, Assignments, Calls, Incidents and Adventures that I recall as vivid memories. My co-workers and friends often called me Tom .
My First Assignment with CDF began in : 1975. I Retired in : 2000
Assigned Work Locations : I started out in 74 as a seasonal Fire fighter Fresno Kings RU/Mid Vally. 1975 Full time Fire Fighter II/ LTFAE Stations 7-8-9-Sanger HQ-Millerton- Worked one year in Placer county RU Tuolumne, Calaveras RU Stations 51-Arnold st.-Twain Hart-Sanadraes HQ Retired 2000.
Favorite Assignments : My Favorite would be Sta.51 and Arnold sta.
Most Interesting Calls : I suppose it would the Old Gulch Fire of August 1992. I lived just about 2 miles from the Arnold station. About 20 miles away, in San Anadreas, a fire started that took off like a bat out of Hell. After almost a week of fighting this thing, I am over at my house trying to keep the fire from getting to it. I don’t know how we did it but we were able to stop it on Hwy 4 just before it got to our house. Boy was I sweating it on that one. The thing was, we had just moved there from Auburn 2 weeks before!
My thoughts about my time with CDF and some Comments for those considering joining CDF/Cal Fire : I had a great 25 years and lots of good and some not so good memories but I wouldn’t have picked any other profession or group of firefighters to work alongside.