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  Barnard Fire Department
  3084 Dewey Ave
Rochester, NY 14616
USA
   
  Phone: (585) 663-1113
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Explorers

Barnard Fire Department Explorer Post 507

Barnard Fire Dept Explorer Post 507The Barnard Explorer Post 507 started in 1969, and was officially the second such post in Monroe County. The original post consisted of 10 to 12 people, and was headed by two Barnard Firefighters, Edward Fenner, and Henry Koster. Our current post has about 15 active members. You have to be between the ages of 14 and 21 to join, our meeting nights are the first Tuesday of the month and we have a drill on the third Tuesday. We have all of our meetings and drills at the Fire House which is located at 3084 Dewey Ave. and they start at 7:00pm on both nights.

The Explorers are encouraged to attend the departments monthly drills, march in parades, and do ride a long with the paid staff after completion of required training. The post helps the fireman at calls by changing their air bottles, setting up a station with water, spare air bottles, and tools they may need. Barnard is also taking part in MCFEA (Monroe County Fire Explorers Association). There all the Monroe County Fire Explorers come together to talk about what each post is doing and what we as a whole want to do! We also have a competition at the end of the meeting on a drill that the host post picks out, we all compete for the axe. The axe is the prize that you get when you win the drill, you put your name on the axe and bring it back to the next meeting where you will hopefully win it again. On March 13, 2003 the meeting was at Walker Fire Department and the competition was for back boarding. At this meeting the Barnard Explorer Post won the axe! The MCFEA meetings are once every two months.

With explorers you can get credit for school, make lots of friends and have a great experience most kids don't get to have! Once an Explorer has reached the age of 18 and has completed high school, they are eligible to join the Fire Department if desired. The average turn over rate from Explorer to Firefighter is 75%. If you have any questions or want more information E-mail us at explorer@barnardfire.org , and we will get back to you as soon as possible with the answers to your questions!

 

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