JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS
The Junior Firefighter Program was started as a subsection of the Irishtown Fire Company. The aim of the program was to allow for the recruitment of fourteen to seventeen year-olds, spark their interest in our vocation, and prepare them to hopefully join the Regular ranks of our Company when they became of age.. Many of our Regular Firefighters and Fire Officers started in the Junior Firefighters program, and several have gone on to career departments in other municipalities owing their start to the program and the excellent training they received here.
Junior Firefighters train alongside and respond to incidents on the apparatus with the Regular Firefighters, with some limitations. Junior Firefighters are closely supervised and are never permitted to participate in a drill or incident that exposes them to undue danger such as entering a burning building or operating at a hazardous materials incident. The Juniors operate in a supporting role only. The are no attendance requirements for Junior Firefighters Participation in the program should be approached in the same manner as an extra-curricular school activity. It is not the Fire Company's desire to allow a Junior's participation to interfere with any required school obligations, therefore allowances in attendance are made when necessary.
Persons interested in participating in the Jr. Firefighter Program will need to become a member of the Irishtown Fire Company. The membership application can be downloaded on the membership page. A parent/guardian consent is required to join the fire company.
For more info, please contact one of the Junior Firefighter Senior Advisers listed below:
Jim Poist
Sue Poist (spoist.ifc14@gmail.com)
Junior Firefighters train alongside and respond to incidents on the apparatus with the Regular Firefighters, with some limitations. Junior Firefighters are closely supervised and are never permitted to participate in a drill or incident that exposes them to undue danger such as entering a burning building or operating at a hazardous materials incident. The Juniors operate in a supporting role only. The are no attendance requirements for Junior Firefighters Participation in the program should be approached in the same manner as an extra-curricular school activity. It is not the Fire Company's desire to allow a Junior's participation to interfere with any required school obligations, therefore allowances in attendance are made when necessary.
Persons interested in participating in the Jr. Firefighter Program will need to become a member of the Irishtown Fire Company. The membership application can be downloaded on the membership page. A parent/guardian consent is required to join the fire company.
For more info, please contact one of the Junior Firefighter Senior Advisers listed below:
Jim Poist
Sue Poist (spoist.ifc14@gmail.com)
