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Permalink Reply by PFC Harmon on August 16, 2008 at 4:33pm

Here are some I do with our Jr's. Hose maze, Time trials with gear. Practice changing bottles on SCBA, overhaul. There are a few. What all can you explorers do? Practice the skills they need to be usefull on the fire ground.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Evans on August 16, 2008 at 5:54pm

I would say an important thing in addition to that is keep them active and involved. I am currently a cadet and right now we have done no training aside from the department offerings, which really is only supplement to a full fire 1 course. We did a basic over view on tapping a hydrant but never charged a line. Right now I feel rather let down and like I am not learning much on the fire side. So make sure you have your guys active and give them some hands on things to do.

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Permalink Reply by Casey Clink on August 24, 2008 at 12:15am

Search And Rescue Put Them Through A Maze On Air Cover Up The Facemask Develops Teamwork And Leadership Skills, Ladders How To Properly Heel Ladders How To Properly Operate A Ladder. Have Them Work 2 Minute Dress Outs, Practice On SCBA Refills And Change Outs. Hose Streams And Loads Start Them Young So They'll Be Prepared For The Future

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Permalink Reply by dflowers12 on August 24, 2008 at 9:37pm

thanks those are some great ideas thats kinda what weve been working towards.

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Permalink Reply by Eric on August 24, 2008 at 9:41pm

Hey man. Here is some of our senarios.

Fire senarios. Go to a local play ground and pretennd that the Fort, Kindom, play house. (what ever you call it) is on fire and some one is traped inside.

The best training I like is this one. Barrels Get fuel and desiel or whatever and put it in the barrels and light them up. This way you can really fight real fire.






and every one else has mentiond all the others.

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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on August 24, 2008 at 9:57pm

I doubt I could do half the stuff now that I did as an explorer in the 70's. Since we were allowed to do almost anything except entry into a structure, we actually did a lot. Summers we spent a lot of time on progressive hose lays since we ran a lot of brush calls. That also means a lot of hose rolls.
Make the training situational to what your explorers are allowed to do. SCBA drills aren't going to be helpful to them on a fire ground. Neither is ladder drills.

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Permalink Reply by rescueunit50 on August 24, 2008 at 10:05pm

You could also have like a cpr class it is good for every one to do that. If they are old enough try getting a FF-1 class or an emt class for them. It is a good time of the year to have a camp out and use some 1st aid skills.

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Permalink Reply by Royce Terry on October 15, 2008 at 8:41pm

We normaly get a car donatted to us and we cut it up learn from it but also have fun! We also run the pumps so do some pump training with them even if there not alowed to do it let them learn. Teach them to pack hose thats always important =p

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