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Permalink Reply by Wes on July 3, 2009 at 7:04am

Make it fun and interesting will keep them coming back. Full PPE and SCBA Basketball game, try the playground as well. The JR's always seem to do a better job cleaning the trucks and learn what/where every piece of equipment is on the outside of that apparatus. Structure it so there is chain of command and mix it up. I attanded a couple of practices and was amazed at the energy, I also learned a few things, so keep an open mind and get involved.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Rex on July 6, 2009 at 7:55pm

do a scavenger hunt of the station and of tools on apparatus (FIND HALLOGEN TOOL) then they half to find it and bring it back

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Permalink Reply by John Robert Haas on July 18, 2009 at 1:27am

i have a suggestion at my fire dept. we get all are gear on then pack up but do not put your nomex on put it over your mask so they can not see. clear the bays of the fire trucks then unroll hose across the floor and tell them to follow it in and have another fire fighter at the end that is injured.. the point of this drill is to go in and rescue a follen fire fighter and to simulate that u are in a fire the nomex makes it dark so they can not see.. hope u use this drill

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Permalink Reply by Chris Beckerdite on July 21, 2009 at 1:25pm

There are plenty of drills to do, I am an explorer and we do all kinds of things. Gear scramble, hose rolling, hose advancing, cleaning trucks, SCBA scramble, Firefighter stamina course. I personally like the stamina course because it is a test of strength and stamina. What it is you have stations and you have to perform a different objective at each station. First don all PPE including SCBA, without regulator so you don't waist air. The first station you have to carry a 3 inch hose line up four flights of stairs. Then hoist a hose roll up two flights. walk over to the "Beam mover" Just take a roll of old out of service hose and stand on top of it and hit the hose with a sledge hammer and move it about 2 ft. then move over to the ladder and go up about 25 ft. and finally is the dummy pull pull a person that has full PPE over a distance of about 20 ft. and that is a good test

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Permalink Reply by Childressfirefighter36 on October 5, 2009 at 6:57pm

I'm a captain of our Jr. firefighters, the last drill that we did was an SCBA air pack drill. This drill we are going to over Pump Operations. Because during the day it is hard to get a regular volunteer. I don't what else you can do other than this. Good luck

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Permalink Reply by Reigec on October 5, 2009 at 9:52pm

This is a great idea. My second day as a junior they put me in charge of equipment checks on one of our engines (with a fellow firefighter watching over me) I found it very helpful

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Permalink Reply by Reigec on October 5, 2009 at 9:54pm

hahaha, thats a good idea, i'll have to bring that up with the cheif

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Permalink Reply by Robbie Beahm on December 9, 2009 at 11:51pm

I am Junior Lieutenant at Luray Fire Department. We have a building we go in which has alot of opsticals like couches and beds. We have 2 dumies, one adult and one toddler. Full gear with airpacks on, teams of two at one time, one tool for each person. There is a simulated window that you go through as well

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Permalink Reply by Perry Bryant on December 11, 2009 at 3:28pm

gear races can be ok sometimes but personally I get bunker pants on and put the rest on in the piece
working out in SCBA
ladder work, EQ location, hose loads definitely, EMS basics to be able to help on calls with retrieving items, basic engine company ops, water supply principles- basic extrication techniques ( get a car from the junkyard to practice on)

all kinds of things
gear up completely in the dark with SCBA then do a search in a room with tables set up with ex. cords simulating wires and rescue a dummy

just some things we do

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Permalink Reply by FETC on December 11, 2009 at 3:33pm

Thank Perry... because most everyone is talking about PPE and SCBA drills, over and over.

Here is a question for many, what ever happened to learning the other chapters in the FF 1 curriculum? Oh thats right... that stuff is boring.

History of Fire Service
ICS
Communications
Incident and Fire Station Safety
PPE
Hand Tools
SCBA
Vehicle Tool Familiarization
Ropes Knots
Hose Streams
Hose Loads
Packing Hose
Cleaning Hose
Water Supply
Hydrants
Drafting Sites
Ground Ladders
Haz Mat Awareness
DOT - ERG
Air Monitoring
CO Emergencies
First Aid
CPR
Types of Ventilation
Chimney Fire Equipment
Fire Prevention Tour
Building Construction
Firefighter Rehab
Salvage - Tarps
Overhaul Techniques
Protecting Evidence at Scene
and on and on....

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Permalink Reply by Perry Bryant on December 12, 2009 at 11:47am

those are great-- we cover all in our prebasic program and due to that fact there is very little that i learned in my FF1 class.
What we do is have regular drill on mondays and cadet/rookie/probationary drills on wednesday-- this is a little more simplified on wednesdays and goes over more basics

I go to both more to help out on wednesdays being much less of a rookie than many more that show.

there are some things that we dont do for the reason that until they have FF1 they are not going to be doing some of these things on scene.

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Permalink Reply by Gerald Stubbs on February 16, 2010 at 12:18am

Flush a dry hydrant and discuss it's operation if you have access and can use the trucks. An easy one that would not require using your apparatus that I don't think anyone mentioned is get out the pitot tube and learn to flow test hydrants. Another good one that would help familiarize the team with hydrant locations is partner with your water supply officer and do some hydrant inspections.

Have you taken a look at NIMS yet?

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