The Hans Bolowich Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship fund is being established to honor CAL FIRE Riverside Unit Battalion Chief Hans Bolowich, a faculty member in the Paramedic program at the Ben Clark Training Center. Chief Bolowich passed away May 25, 2020 after a heroic battle with cancer. He was born on December 29, 1963. Some of his favorite hobbies included fly fishing, football, skiing and wakeboarding. Bolowich played football for San Bernardino Valley College and later coached for Yucaipa High School. His career in the fire service began in 1982 where he was a volunteer firefighter at Riverside County Fire Department Station 22 in Cherry Valley for five years. In 1985, Bolowich went to paramedic school and later worked for AMR (formerly Goodhew) Ambulance. In 2002, he was hired by CAL FIRE as a Firefighter Paramedic on Squad 84 in Temecula and further promoted through the ranks as Fire Apparatus Engineer Paramedic and later a Fire Captain Paramedic before his Schedule B assignment at Anza Station 29. Finally, Bolowich promoted to Battalion Chief in 2019 where he was assigned to Battalion 14. Since 2005, he was an instructor at Moreno Valley College teaching pharmacology to paramedic students until his illness. He held a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Cal State San Bernardino.

Basic requirements and reviewer notes:
Major: EMS/EMT
Cumulative GPA required: 2.5
Financial need required: No
Student activities, volunteer work required: None required
Other special requirements: Applicant must be enrolled in the Paramedic program.