Good Junior Firefighter Drills

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Permalink Reply by james young on December 22, 2008 at 7:33pm

scramble drills with full gear

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Permalink Reply by Joshua Shultz on December 23, 2008 at 8:19pm

In you could try to salvage things, maybe going over EMS stuff, and if they let smoke a building up with a smoke machine they could probly take you through to show you what it is like.

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Permalink Reply by Eric on December 30, 2008 at 10:28am

Just to let you know that my department does not have a junior program. That said, I have read some interesting things for juniors to do and if you would like to read some, I have seen this topic covered several times in different forums. Not only through those, but also things to do for new members to departments as well. Here is one that I thought was good. You have whoever is conducting training make up a form for each piece of apparatus. On those forms should be enough space, layed out however best fits the design, for the members to write down each piece of equipment on that apparatus, the location of that piece of equipment as well as the uses for the equipment. Give a time period for this to be done in. Then the members can go through through the apparatus and fill in any equipment that they may have missed, within an allotted time frame. A good way to do this is to split the members up into groups per number of apparatus. once time has expired, have them switch apparatus and do the same on the next piece. At the very end, go through these "checklists" with the person conducting the training. The person conducting the training should have a master sheet with all of the equipment, locatons and standard uses on it, so definately plan accordingly if you don't have a master list in place, it may take some time to get one set up. In my opinion, this drill suits juniors and new members well, as I feel that it is extremely important to know where everything is and how to use it before you start really handling calls. I hope this is useful.

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Permalink Reply by Reigec on October 5, 2009 at 9:52pm

This is a great idea. My second day as a junior they put me in charge of equipment checks on one of our engines (with a fellow firefighter watching over me) I found it very helpful

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Permalink Reply by Royce Terry on December 30, 2008 at 11:39am

1 of the best things to do is go over the trucks and equipment. We do it every other saturday it only takes a few minutes but those minutes could help you learn more.

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Permalink Reply by Barry on December 30, 2008 at 11:40am

Three of us take our junior's to our old fire station, which has a basement, steps, upstairs, plus different rooms. We usually do mask practice with them, take an unchargered line up the stairs and manuver around the rooms, use hand tools, see whose is accountable to bring their's back. Search details, we blacken the rooms, cover the windows, put them throught an obstacle course, see if they can find the victim. Outside, show them hose hook ups, move the 5" line, pack hose, repull, pack again. Always one senior stays with one junior. Climb ladders, depends on your state requirement and allowances.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Brown on December 30, 2008 at 12:13pm

Air pack drills the 2min drill roll hose drill clean truck drill theres all kind of drills you can do lol there are some good post on here to do :-)

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Permalink Reply by Capt.Alex Arnold on December 30, 2008 at 12:35pm

South Pend Oreille Fire/Rescue (formerly known has Pend Oreille Fire Dist. 3) Has had a very successful junior program for almost 20 years. We have about a 60% career rate from our program. They move on from here to all different kinds of fire/EMS service careers. They have moved on to Structural FF careers, wildland, paramedics, flight nurses, you name. We take alot of pride in moving them through our system. We know that we are not going to retain 99% of them. We do know that we can train them and influence them onto bigger and greater things though.
Anywho, check with what your state regs and standards are. We train them with everything that the "big boys (and ladies)" get. The only difference of course is "uncontrolled" fire trainings. We give them assignments that have meaning. Sometimes we have to show them the meaning behinnd it. They are very usful, and necessarry on calls. Train them well and they shall succeed! In the words of my grandfather, If you wanna run with the big dogs you gotta stop peeing like a pup! Train like and with FFs. Explorers/junior programs are there to set you up to succeed. Be safe and learn something new today.

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Permalink Reply by S.Ruble on January 1, 2009 at 5:50pm

scba/confined space

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Permalink Reply by Dillon on January 8, 2009 at 2:23pm

While you are during your monthly meeting randomly yell "get it on!!" That will give them a unexpected chance to race and gear up. It works well to pratice speed

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Permalink Reply by Reigec on October 5, 2009 at 9:54pm

hahaha, thats a good idea, i'll have to bring that up with the cheif

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on January 10, 2009 at 6:51pm

Went to a class once and they had an interesting and cheap drill...We had blacked out masks...on air and full PPE...we were instructed to follow a handline as if it were a hoseline going out of a structure....BUT...it was stretched all around, over and through a playground...we went UP the slide...over the swings, through the monkey bars under the balance beam...and the ground was covered with wood chips...so not a problem with gear or too hard on knees and elbows....I think it was 150 feet long...and after we did it once we took our gear off critiqued it and then did it again....but after the instructor re-routed it....was actually kind of fun.....Paul

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