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Permalink Reply by ashley renee on October 26, 2007 at 11:25am

hey... my classes have been put on hold becuase we arent a funded department we dont have any money for gear or anything so we werent able to get very far with our classes! we wer able to get books and thats it and since its been put on hold we havent been included in anything... so my advice would have to be make sure to keep them involved with other trainings and as for fundraisers idk if your department did the fill the boot at the end of last month we stood in the main part of our small town and collected money to go towards our department so thats bout all that i have but if i can think of anything else to help you i will tell you... good luck with your cadets!

Permalink Reply by Justin Miller on October 27, 2007 at 11:04pm

One thing that people do need to learn is that juniors aren't going to learn anything by standing outside the whole time. Fire alarms, take them in when its deamed say or whatever the rules are where you are, show them the alarm panels n stuff, show them how to reset an alarm. After the big fire take them in and show them the smoke lines, what everyone did. Trust me on this it gets old after a few years of standing outside with your thumb up your butt not learning anything standing there. Even in all trainings, let them do some stuff, just to learn the ropes. Set up some cones, charge a line and tell them you gotta get through the maze without hitting a cone, the nozzle gotta reach here and you have to open it up and knock over a cone. Everyone can do that, it is good practice, and it gives you a workout. (full gear and an scba helps)

Permalink Reply by Joshua David Bowsher on November 14, 2007 at 8:54am

I totally agree with you on the whole bit about standing around and not learning anything. For the three and half years I have been in the fire service, I have not made any on scene calls until I passed Firefighter I/II. I dont know why this is but it happened that way. My dad tried to talk the other officers in to letting me go on small simple things just to get used to what it would be like on the real deal. But nothing happened. I do alot of other training with the new guys and joung pups but nothing real serious when it comes to the senior firefighters.

Permalink Reply by Justin Miller on November 18, 2007 at 9:38am

I do think some places go too far when it comes to what you need to go on a call. No matter how much training you have even if u dont have any training you can still do some good on a scene of a fire.

Permalink Reply by Randy Macey on November 18, 2007 at 10:33am

Past 5 years, I have been part of a Training Crew as Trainers to train the new recruits. On our last day, I have always mention two things to the new recruits. As a new recruit firefighter, is like being in karate and you know have your white belt. Don't go looking for a fight, you could get into trouble.

You have some basic knowledge, and put that to use. You will always be learning, and working as a team. Training, Safety, Learning is a fact of life on the fire dept. Stay current and practise your trade.
Always ask questions....

Permalink Reply by eddie payne on November 20, 2007 at 6:55pm

i jus wanted to let u no im a junior and some of the the drills we do r search and rescue urban search my favorite drill is when my company uses r municiple building to perform a drill were we act like it is on fire we take uncharged lines in we usally have one or to victoms its really fun but we also do alot of trainning drills but we make them fun mean while we practice proper techniques to evrything... some of r best fundrasers are candal sales and we sell soda at public functions

Permalink Reply by jpzxzp47mmhn on November 25, 2007 at 7:57pm

im a fire explorer in my hometown i would say if you could get them in a building that is the reason were really there we wanna get in there to as you know as well as i do we love the fire as much as the firefighters do and we have just as much if not more training then the fireighters who have been on as long or less then us

Permalink Reply by Aaron Taylor on March 10, 2008 at 11:08pm

Im a captain as well and i belive friendly competition is great way to teach some things and also a way to have fun with it...

Permalink Reply by rob8249 on June 25, 2008 at 4:14pm

I am the Junior Leader for my brigade in Victoria, Australia & our Juniors are aged from 11 to 16 years. Our Juniors are not allowed to go to incidents or be anywhere near real fire or smoke unless it is at an approved training facility. With my Juniors I do a lot of hands on activities such as hose laying & tanker drills, search & rescue & radio communications exercises, fire related trivia nights to name a few. I tend to make a competition out of the activities which seems to keep everyone interested. The Country Fire Authority allocates $50.00 per Junior member & Junior Leader for the year. This is to pay of excursions, activities or equipment. I am lucky to be in a position to have the full support of the senior brigade & if I need extra funds, I only have to ask ( I have hardly had to) We do collect aluminium cans which I cash in every2-3 months for $1.00 per kilogram. I get about $20.00-$30.00 which normally pays for supper after training or the annual group photo.

Permalink Reply by justin tibbetts on July 29, 2008 at 7:13pm

what ever u do just dont let them down.

Permalink Reply by Johnny B on July 29, 2008 at 10:41pm

As an advisor to my departments juniors here are a few of the things we've done;
*SCBA trainings-searches, emergency procedures, etc.
*Rescuing a downed firefighter-this can be practiced in the bay where you practice converting his SCBA into a harness while blindfolded.
* Hose stretching.
* EMS (patient packaging, basic first aid/cpr.
* Ground ladders.
*Helping with annual hose tests.
*Drive through town and do "size up" and "what-if" scenarios.

We also adopt a family during the holidays, we contact a local church and then run a food drive. We've done car washes, pancake breakfasts, t-shirt sales, etc. We also do a 50-50 raffle at the monthly department meeting. As members come in they buy raffle tickets for a dollar each (some guys buy one, other buy 5 or 10), at the end of the meeting we pick one raffle- half goes to the winner and the juniors get the other half.

What ever you end up doing make sure that safety is the number one goal any time you train or get together. Remeber-it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt!!!

Stay safe, stay motivated!

Permalink Reply by josh slagel on August 21, 2008 at 10:06pm

A fun training idea would be to do a hose mase those are lots of fun.

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