Starting a Cadet Program

The dept im on we are in the process of setting up at cadet program for our volunteer fire dept. I was wondering if any can give me some pointers are things we can do to get it started.

Thanks

Justin Buck

Ouachita Fire Dept

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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on April 19, 2010 at 3:05pm

Yep, Roy and that is exactly what the Learning for Life spells out. The rules are set forth and clear, too bad that there isn't a standard across the board for every dept.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Buck on April 19, 2010 at 4:44pm

John is there a website for that i can check out

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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on April 19, 2010 at 4:46pm

Thanks John, I'm trying hard not to be negative just safe.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Buck on April 19, 2010 at 4:47pm

I do understand your point Roy thanks

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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on April 19, 2010 at 5:47pm

www.learningforlife.org

On the left hand side there are links for Exploring, explorer advisor training, and so forth.

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Permalink Reply by Justin Buck on April 19, 2010 at 6:03pm

Thanks John

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Permalink Reply by abc11323123 on April 26, 2010 at 3:29am

ive heard of states letting them do everything except interior attack but they must be fully trained and have completed like a 3 month probationary period i think they also get there own assigned gear but it depends on state laws and diffrent rules for diffrent depts

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Permalink Reply by FETC on April 26, 2010 at 7:46am

Should you choose to start a Cadet, Junior, of Fire Explorer Post, whatever you want to call them... they should all have one common theme... that it is a 100% learning environment and not for ANY reason, be an emergency response resource for the department.