Junoir Firefighter in Regina

[Junoir]

I am looking to become a Junoir FF in regina and don't exactly know where to start. I am physically fit and pretty sure firefighting is what I want to do but this Junoir experience will be the deciding vote. I don't know if every department has them or just a select few has the program. Also how difficult it is to be accepted and how much time do they ussually give.
If you could shed some light it would be greatly appreciated.

[Nagrom]

Junior departments are usually run by the mother department. A quick search should bring up if Regina has a Jr. department. Call up a station and ask, or look on their website.

Generally, getting accepted into a Jr. program isn't hard. We require that Jrs. attend school, if not graduated, maintain passing marks and not get in trouble at school. ON our department, if you can do those things, you'd be fine.

Any other questions give a shout, and I'll throw the answers out from the East coast

[Junoir]

And how much time is ussually given. Can I expect it to be more like an after school part time job or more like a once in a while thing?

[Nagrom]

The run down for my department...

Junior Trainings: A monthly training held during our general meeting. This takes about 3.5 to 4 hours. The neat part is, after our meeting business is done, one of our Juniors is the one teaching the lesson. It is usually one module of Essentials (ie, ladders, fire control, ventilation)

Department training: 2.5-3 hour training, biweekly. This is technically for the department, but juniors are encouraged and embraced to attend.

Calls: Varies week by week. We aren't a busy deaprtment, running 200-240 calls a year. Juniors, in general, can attend fire calls, maybe the rare MVA( closing roads down, traffic control). On school nights, 10:00 is usually the cutoff, unless an officer gives you permission. It is in our bylaws that we can be requested from school, but, It is never going to happen.

The future?: In September, trainings started every 2 weeks. We used to run once a week for the department, and once a week for level 1 modules. Right now, a month will have 6-8 hours of drills. We used to have that in a week.
Juniors love the training it seems. I think it is because we don't attend calls at the frequency that firefighters do, so we use the training to get more "action". The idea has been thrown around, and we would like to have a junior training on the weeks when the regular department doesn't have training. That would bring us up to probably 9-10 hours training a month.

As to how much time you want to put in, it is up to you. The more you put in, the more you will get out of it.

[ve2vfd]

You may also want to call your provincial Scouts Canada office, some departments run their "junior" section thru Scouts Canada's vocationnal "Fire Venturers" and "Fire Rovers" program.

Just my 2 cents worth...

Pat

[Bravo18]

Are you asking about the city of Regina? If so I am pretty sure they don't have anything. Junior FF's are usually smaller centres with volunteer members or paid on call members. Try looking at the neighboring towns although most ask that you live in their town.

[JrFFHopeful308]

Our Jr program:

-Each station can have 1 jr for every 6 full members, up to a maximum of 4.
-We are issued bunker gear in a different color than the full members and get pagers.
-We participate in regular, twice a month training. This lasts for 2 - 4 hrs, depending on the topic (and if it's a powerpoint presentation, how long it takes us to figure out how to turn on the laptop lol!)
-We can go on calls anytime the pager goes off, but are restricted from doing certain things so we can't do interior, hotzone at an MVAs, water rescue, and I think I'm missing something else...Anyhow, nothing that's really dangerous.
Since I've been on, I've helped with water supply, helped change air bottles and helped with tags/etc in staging at a couple of structure fires.
-We get to ride the apparatus if there's space too.
-We're allowed to leave school if we get permission from the principal, but we're not expected to respond during school hours.
-The number of calls we run depends on the week. At one point in Dec, we ran 9 or ten calls in eight days. Other times, we'll go three weeks without a call.

The only way to find out if a program is available is to ask. In my area, most of the FDs don't let you join until you're 18 or 19.

[neilio85]

I am one of the newest members of the Regina Fire Department and we do not have a Junior Department. How old are you? Have you attended fire school yet and obtained your Primary Care Paramedic certificate? Once you have those you can apply for the position with a few other requirements. As far as getting on, it is a very competitive process involving a written exam, physical fitness test, and interview. I suggest committing all of your time to the process when we are doing a hiring. As for right now, work on completing your schooling, volunteering and building life experience where you can. Good luck!