In partnership with the North Vancouver Charitable Society & District Fire Services, senior students in our school district were offered a two-day academy experiential overview of firefighting as a career and community service.
There was a stringent application process and students were selected by President of Charitable society, Mr. Aaron Hoverd.
Pictured: Students that graduated from the Firefighting Academy
Here’s a glimpse of what the students accomplished in the two-day program.
High School Cadet program schedule
Day 1
8:00AM - Welcome from Duty Chief Gaudette
- Introduction, course outline, rules & expectations, outcomes.
8:30AM - Assign groups, group naming. Gear fitting, donning & doffing, SCBA use.
9:30AM - Obstacle course. Team building exercises, truck equipment search10:30AM - Refreshment break
10:45AM - First Aid course
12:00PM - Lunch
1:00PM - Stations - Climb the Aerial
2.00PM - Stations -building search, ropes, hose management
3:00PM - First Aid course
4:00PM - obstacle course, End of day, Debrief, clean up
Day 2
8:00AM - Review day one, team building exercises
8:30AM - First aid
9:30AM - Fire extinguisher course
-Talk by Kim Sauliner on camp ignite
10.00AM - Fire extinguisher course
10:30AM - Refreshment break
10:45AM - Talk by Rachel Zuckerman from HR on Hiring process
12:00PM - Lunch
1:00PM - Small groups for building search, ropes, hose management
3:00PM - Scenario for parents, slideshow of the two days
4:00PM - Chief talk, hand out certificates
Stations
- Search building
- Hose tower ropes
- Hose management, catching hydrant
- Climb aerial
- Obstacle course
