VIDEO: The CAL FIRE Butte County volunteer program finished its last day of training for its latest group of volunteer firefighters.
19 new volunteer firefighters are expected to serve Butte County and 75-year-old Mary Jarschke is excited to be one of them.
"I keep thinking 'man if I started when I was 30 I would be' excuse the expression but badass. I mean it's still pretty badass at 75 but, really I wish I had done it sooner," said Mary Jarscke.
Jarschke is a retired registered nurse and Camp Fire survivor living in Concow. She says she joined the program to continue to give back to the community. "We do a lot of medical calls in Concow, the volunteers do, so I decided that this is something that I can do. I'm clearly not gonna be the one dragging somebody out of a burning building most likely."