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  • Res5cuEPVFD0310
    MembersZone Subscriber
    • Jul 2003
    • 5

    Ranking for Jr's/Explorers

    What ranking system if any do you have for Jr's or explorers at your station or post
  • ff7134
    MembersZone Subscriber
    • Nov 2002
    • 1091

    #2
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    • MFDExplorer51
      Forum Member
      • Apr 2002
      • 450

      #3
      IF we were have the complete amount of Explorers we could have (10). Then the line officers would look like this:

      Captain
      1st Lieut.
      2nd Lieut.
      Secretary.

      But, because we only have 6 people, it goes like this:

      Captain
      1st Lieut.
      Secretary

      We figuire why fill up your line officers, and only have 1 person not be it. It would be odd. So we just wait till more come to fill the other position.
      IACOJ

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      • WannabeintheFD
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2003
        • 590

        #4
        we go by the explorers ranking

        President
        Post VP
        Program VP (me)
        Secratary
        Tresurar

        kinda stinks but it works... and concider we only have 2 other people who dont have a position, so it doesnt really work...
        I havent failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work.

        - Thomas Edison

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        • FF881D
          Forum Member
          • Jun 2002
          • 65

          #5
          In my department juniors are juniors. We do not get the honor of having ranks
          These opinions are my own, not of my company or my affiliates

          2 in, 2 Out, Pass on, Collar up, SHOW TIME!

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          • Quigger
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2003
            • 306

            #6
            ranking goes like this
            Fire ground officers
            1.cheif
            2.asst. cheif(me)
            3.1st captain
            4.2nd captain

            civil offices
            1.president
            2.VP
            3.Secratary

            these are all filled and it works out becuase we have about 12 members and more joining

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            • HFDEXP777
              Forum Member
              • Nov 2001
              • 373

              #7
              Captain
              Lieutenant

              President
              Secretary/Treasurer

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              • expvol
                • Mar 2024

                #8
                we use
                chief
                asst chief
                (squad 1) (squad 2)
                bat chief bat chief
                captain captain
                lieut lieut
                sr explorer sr explorer
                explorer explorer
                probationary explorer probationary explorer

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                • firebabe988
                  Junior Member
                  • May 2003
                  • 15

                  #9
                  Considering we only have four juniors, ranking like that would not work, and when we tried it, of course we all wanted to be captain and what not, but the firefighters wouldn't help us decide who should get the position, so we decided no to have any at all until they were needed. Instead, when we have our meetings (the hour before the reg. fire meeting at our station) we have a pres., sec., treas., and spokesperson/fundraiser organizer (me).
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                  -Tiffani

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                  • FF41230
                    Forum Member
                    • Jan 2001
                    • 402

                    #10
                    Same as FF881D. follow the dept chain of command just like the firefghters.
                    "I truly believe that tradition is important to the long-term survival of the fire service."-Lt. Andrew Fredricks, FDNY,9-11-01

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                    • MVFD81
                      Senior Member
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 141

                      #11
                      81-1

                      Ours doesnt really hold up that well but here is what the juniors made up.
                      Chief
                      Asisstant Chief 1
                      Assistant Chief 2
                      Captain (Me)
                      Thats all.
                      Cadet Fire & Rescue Deputy Chief 31
                      Monessen Volunteer Fire Department #1
                      Westmoreland County Station 81-1

                      "Going far beyond the call of duty, doing more than others expect, this is what excellence is all about. And it comes from striving, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail, and going the extra mile. Excellence means doing your best every day, in everything."

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                      • WFDjr1
                        Forum Member
                        • Mar 2002
                        • 783

                        #12
                        Now I know a lot of you aren't gonna agree with me on this, but I think having fireground officers in a Junior/Explorer program is a waste. How do these "officers" get selected? Experience? Most training? Age? Voted on by the other members? And what are the responsibilities of these officers, it's not like they can take command of anything or send people to do an interior attack. It seems to me that having officers in a Junior program, where nobody has more than 4 years of firefighting experience and few, if any, have any interior attack experience and/or officer training, is useless. I basically see this as either a popularity contest, an ego booster, or both.

                        Now, on the other hand, officers such as President, VP, Secretary and such can be useful if you have weekly or monthly meetings, as long as they get an approval from the advisor before they pass things such as how to spend money, fundraisers, etc.

                        Just my 2 cents...
                        Last edited by WFDjr1; 07-21-2003, 11:16 PM.
                        These are my opinions, not those of my career department, my volunteer company, or my affiliates. And by the way, I'm not a Junior.

                        Buy me a drink, sing me a song, take me as I come 'cause I can't stay long.

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                        Forever in our hearts

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                        • expvol
                          • Mar 2024

                          #13
                          we select our officers based on a few itmes. Popular vote, traning hours, ride along hours, skills test, written test, recomendations from actual department, tenure. The top of the list after all things considered is the chief, then the next 2 are asst chiefs, then next 2 bat chiefs, next 2 captains, etc......

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                          • expvol
                            • Mar 2024

                            #14
                            Also to add, each fireground officer has other duties, such as fundraising chairman, treasuer, rules and reg chairman, safety chairman, events chairman, secretary, president, vp and so on, We basicly combined the post officer roles and the fire roles into one role.

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                            • MFDExplorer51
                              Forum Member
                              • Apr 2002
                              • 450

                              #15
                              The only thing our Captain (ME) does on the FireGround is just keep track of the Explorers that are on the scene. We give out orders too, nothing in the way of an interior or exterior attack, more like, getting tools, water, food, to their appropriate places. Filling up trucks, pulling hose, occassional Light Tower work. Anything to help.

                              Around the FireHouse Captains are in charge of getting the Explorers to do work that they are asked to do.

                              And at the meetings, Captain runs it.

                              For us, we have a purpose and duties for our line officers to do. The Lieutenant has a set of duites too. It all flows together, making things safer, and more efficient.
                              IACOJ

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