Junior FFs having pagers

I was wondering how people felt about Juniors having pagers.

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Permalink Reply by John on November 2, 2007 at 7:42pm

In my Explorer post in Hilton most Explorers have pagers. We are allowed to report to the scene of brush fires, house fires, and automatic alarms. Are main job at fires is to change air pack S.C.B.A. bottles for the firefighters, and at brush fires we get to use fire extinguishers, brooms, shovels, and what ever we have on the trucks. Without pagers we have no way of knowing that there is a call. We also have key fobs to get into the fire hall.

Permalink Reply by Tom Griswold on June 9, 2008 at 12:08am

if you have the qualification and the will then why not. my post says no but they dont know that i carry my dads since he dont.

Permalink Reply by Ben "Batman" Barry on June 20, 2008 at 6:44pm

Personally if the junior does not have it on during school if its not ok and the junior does not do any thing against the department bylaws then I tink it is ok

Permalink Reply by Austin Glasser on July 1, 2008 at 7:32pm

Why should they not be allowed to have them?

Permalink Reply by Ben "Batman" Barry on July 10, 2008 at 8:45pm

i personally am not a fire explorer but i carry my fathers pager and portable.

Permalink Reply by Eric on July 12, 2008 at 1:03am

I am a explorer and I carry a Motorola Minitor 3 pager. I see nothing wrong about carrying pagers. As long there are rules in place. Like one of ours is not to carry the fire radio or pager to school. I see nothin wrong as long there are rules.

Permalink Reply by Frank Svitak on August 8, 2008 at 1:32pm

I am involved with Exploring in our area. Our Fire company has had an Explorer post fo 6 years now. All of our Explorers are issued pagers, and full turnout gear. The reason they have the pagers is the guideline set down by Learning for Life. They state that Explorers are not on call firefighters & may only be activated as a post, not individualy. So, once the pagers are activated, the post is considered activated, not just individuals. Our Explorers assist on scenes and are a very big asset. They have been the best recruitment tool we have ever found. They also have their own officers, such as Chief, Asst. Chief, and Captain. In order to be an officer, they must attend and pass the junior fire school at the Cape May County Fire training Academy.

Permalink Reply by Nick Prom on August 19, 2008 at 1:35am

I feel that allowing Explorers to respond to calls helps them in many ways, one is seeing how a fire ground is opperated and another is that it keeps interest in the program. I feel with the proper guidelines and training Explorers should be issued a pager. I know from personal experience that it would have stunk if I couldn't have responed to calls, because I am the type of person who learns by doing something over and over. Shure you can train hard but, you can never get good unless you applie it to a situation and learn from your mistakes.

Permalink Reply by Brad Hoffman on October 24, 2008 at 2:58pm