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Permalink Reply by Waylon Vondenhuevel on March 9, 2009 at 6:36pm

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.

Permalink Reply by Dale on March 10, 2009 at 12:04am

ive heard of shelby fd

Permalink Reply by Ben "Batman" Barry on April 28, 2009 at 8:16pm

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.

Permalink Reply by Dale on April 30, 2009 at 1:06pm

why do people hate you in the EMS only area?

Permalink Reply by Marc on October 11, 2009 at 7:36pm

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

Permalink Reply by Dale on October 18, 2009 at 5:05pm

we have morning pride as well, but yellow helmets

Permalink Reply by Davin Eshelman on December 18, 2009 at 9:22am

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

Permalink Reply by Dale on December 20, 2009 at 2:26am

are 234 and 235 the engines? because out here the "tanker" and "pumper" are the same thing

Permalink Reply by Davin Eshelman on December 23, 2009 at 9:06am

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.

Permalink Reply by Dale on December 24, 2009 at 9:46am

ahh, gotcha

Permalink Reply by Adam 47-20 on December 26, 2009 at 11:38pm

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

Permalink Reply by Dale on February 27, 2011 at 12:45am

thanks for the comment