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Permalink Reply by Wade Seely on May 27, 2010 at 10:04am

Rotate the cadets through shadowing the vets while they do incident command scenaerios. Have the cadet not be part of that go around and just follow and learn from the vet about what he is thinking and where he is sending ff's during fireground operations. Then switch and have another cadet do the same thing.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Powers on May 27, 2010 at 10:08am

FETC is right, all you will be doing is creating additional gaps between the members. Getting more people involved is one of the hardest aspects for a volunteer training officer. During my first 6 months I went around to people's homes and businesses and asked them about their participation and ability to make more meetings. Some had reasons to not show up that have been addressed, others just needed the kick in that ass to get them to be more active. Keep things fun and keep things moving. 28 guys standing by while 2 do an evolution slows down the training and makes it hard to get people motivated. Keep the side conversations down, and let the guys have fun at your expense.

I did a spinal training and let the guys put me in the KEDs and on a backboard, and they carted me around the station. The excitement in the boys eyes let me know they where having fun. And lets be real, when folks are having fun, they will be back. They will also spread the word that the trainings are more fun and the others will come.

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