Jr. Firefighter

BLACK TOWNSHIP FIRE AND RESCUE

12 Cadet 1 Kyle Mosley

12 Cadet 2 Brandon Webber

12 Cadet 3

12 Cadet 4 Calvin King

12 Cadet 5 Dakota Logan

12 Cadet 6 Alex Grant

12 Cadet 7 Ken Renshaw

12 Cadet 8 Zach Mosley

12 Cadet 9

12 Cadet 10

Jr. Chief

Jr. Asst. Chief

Jr. Firefighter

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Jr. Firefighter

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Personnel

Rank

Jon Hancock

Rick Long

Brian Matthews

Leader

Advisor

Advisor

Text Box: History The Junior Firefighters program began in 1990 as the Explorers Program. The program only had a few participants but grew throughout the years. Today, this program is now more advanced and focused on teaching future firefighters the skills needed to become either career of volunteer emergency responders one day.

Text Box: The Junior firefighter program gives young people the chance to learn about local fire, rescue, and emergency medical services response organizations in a safe, controlled, educational, and fun way while providing us with an excellent recruitment mechanism. Reaching out to people when they are young has long-range effects, and encourages youth to take part in the emergency services is extremely beneficial to local communities and departments. Benefits of junior firefighter programs include:

Allowing youth to gain insight and interest in becoming long-term members of the emergency services

Increasing awareness among youth about volunteering and supporting the fire and emergency services

Providing departments with additional help in accomplishing firefighting or emergency tasks
Providing teamwork and friendship within the group
Educating parents and mentors on the importance of encouraging volunteerism Skills acquired that the youth will retain to better the world in some way

Text Box: Black Township Fire and Rescue Jr. Firefighter Application