now i know we dont have as much expirence as hundreds of "salty" ff's on this website, but we can still share our stories.. ideas and training expirences amoungst one another cant we?

so tell me, how many explorers are in your post?
has your explorer post ever went to a fire academy?
what color is your bunker gear?
are you ff only? medic? fire-rescue?
do you get treated good? or treated like bottom of the pole scum?
plans for the future? further in the fire service? (i.e.. fire investagator?)

there is much to talk about, i just need someone to talk to..

a little about me
My name is Dale Foust
i have been at BTFD for about two years,
i am 16 years young and my birtday is july 25th,
my girlfriend lives about 2 mins away from the fd which i love becuase i go sleep there when im not on shift, or she brings me food,

Our bunker gear is a yellow, morning glory i belive, and we actualy have our names on the helmets (ff style) and i really like that look,
we have 9 cadets, 7 active,
we need to buy new gear because we only have 5 sets,
we have 4 on shift in the day, 3 at night.. part time dept.
our rigs
3151,3152,3153, squads
3146,3147 ladder
3135, tanker
3124, engine
3173, heavy rescue,
3191, brush unit/ utilites
3181,82,83,84,85.. dodge durangos.. our chaser vehicles

we are soon to get another tanker and heavy rescue,

our dept is the only dept in our twnsp, altough i work in Bainbridge i live in Aurora, Ohio.
Bainbridge is roughly 25 square miles

over the summer the dept payed for 5 of us (that just happend to be the current number of active cadets) to go to O.Y.F.E.T.A{ohio youth fire and ems training academy}. it was fun but we didnt learn much, were looking for better places to go next summer, any ideas?

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I am Waylon Vondenhuevel. I have been active with the fire department for 5 years. I was grandfathered in at one fire department. This department is Maplewood FD. We have three trucks. 861 and 862 are Engine/ Tankers. 866 is our grass truck. This truck is kind of special because it is a 1966 Chevrolet 4 speed and my grandfather and great grandfather built it. We cover approximately 4 miles in all directions. We are located in Maplewood, Ohio. My other department is Shelby County Fire Department in Sidney, Ohio. I have been on for 3 years and I am currently the AC. We have 9 members and 2 probationary. Our department contains 7 apparatus. 1261 is our Heavy Rescue. 1262 is our Tanker. 1264 is our Compressor Truck for the air supply in the Heavy Rescue. 1265 is our Ladder Truck. 1267 is our Grass/ Field Unit. 1565 is our Mobile Rehab. 1543 is our Haz-Mat Unit. Both departments are voluntary and my plans are to stay a volunteer after I get out of the National Guard. My bunker gear for MFD is red and the gear for SCFD is Morning Pride yellow. We are treated well and we are all certified in Basic First Aid, CPR, and AED. I am 17 years old.
ive heard of shelby fd
well i am part of two posts
one strictly EMS no academy no turnout gear around 50 explorers some people in the town fd and even our own service hate explorers but i understand not everyone will like us.
my other post is a fir resuce ems post. from what i heard it started off as a pd post but merged with fd. i dont know if we go to the academy. we get what ever gear is not being used but it is yellow with a green helmet. at this dept we are treated great.
why do people hate you in the EMS only area?
Hello

I am
Explorer Capt. Marc Hurwitz from the Los Angeles CITY Fire Department. I have been an in the explorer program for 3 years now. I have an Explorer Captian for 1. I am the yougest explorer Captian in the department (i am only 17). I have my main station that i ride out with, mostly on the same shift, and love 99% of it.

so tell me, how many explorers are in your post? ~15
has your explorer post ever went to a fire academy? I have gone to 2, my post hasnt
what color is your bunker gear? Yellow Morning Pride with black helmets
are you ff only? medic? fire-rescue? Fire/rescue. We have at least one ALS rescue at every station. They are maned by firefighter-paramedics
do you get treated good? or treated like bottom of the pole scum? Most of the time i am treated like on of they guys (since i have been going to my station since i was 10, they all know me really well).
plans for the future? further in the fire service? (i.e.. fire investagator?) Firefghter-Paramedic on USAR88
About my department 112 stations, covering 436sq-miles.
We have Taskforce Stations and Single Engine stations.
They Station i ride out at is a TaskForce house. Station 58. A task force Consists of 1 ALS Ambulance (we call em rescues) 1 Engine, 1 Truck, and 1 Pump(or engine 2 _ _)...so we have E58 T58 E258 RA58. 12 total members. You can check out my profile for pictures of our Apparatus, as well as other apparatus from all over thi city.

Explorer Capt
Marc Hurwitz
LAFD
we have morning pride as well, but yellow helmets
My name is Davin Eshelman. I am with the Lima Fire Department Explorer post 4029 in western NY. I am the president (Chief) of the post. I have been with the post for about 3 years. We have about 4 active explorers in our post. Yes we have visited a fire academy a couple of times. Our turnout gear is tan. Yes I get treated well but there are certain members of the post who would get treated well if they were a little bit more mature for their age. I plan on joined the volunteer fire department as well as becomeing a career firefighter. We have 6 rigs not including the chiefs cars.

232-Grass Truck
234-1st Line Pumper
235-2nd Line Pumper
236-Tanker
238-Aerial Truck
239-Rescue

Ambulance Corps.
NEW 2881-Primary Ambulance
2882-Back up ambualnce

In march we are getting a new Pierce Puc Rescue Pumper.
That's a little about our post and our department
are 234 and 235 the engines? because out here the "tanker" and "pumper" are the same thing
yes 234 and 235 are then engines. Were the only county in New York state to call them pumpers. Our tanker doesnt have a pump on it so its just a tanker that carries water.
ahh, gotcha
Hello name is Adam Durocher I run with the Plattekill Fire Department Explorer post79
I don't know if my post has ever gone to the acdemeny because i joined this past september
We are treated good our gear is yellow
I am just a ff for now
I want to be a FF when I grow up
thanks for the comment

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