Make sure everyone knows how to react immediately whenever it sounds. Call the fire department from the nearest outside phone. Never go back inside a burning building. The Fire Department s Fire Explorer Post 540 was established in 1997. The Explorer Post gives youths between the ages of 14 to 21 the opportunity to explore the various career opportunities available in the fire service.
Explorers receive both hands on and classroom training.
Once an Explorer can demonstrate that they have the necessary skills and meet the qualifications they can join our firefighters on ride-alongs to observe actual emergency calls. The Fire Department has participated in this annual holiday toy drive for the past 5 years. Last year over 10,000 toys were collected at local fire stations, various city locations, and businesses and were distributed to less fortunate children within our community. This program was implemented in January 1997. In one year the program diverted over 950 pounds of needles, syringes and other medical sharps from the residential waste stream.