Young people from Catoosa County Fire ÐÔÊӽ紫ýÐÔÊӽ紫ý Explorers Post 2305 hosted a training camp the first week of July that brought Explorers from three other counties to hone climbing and other skills.
Young people from Catoosa County Fire ÐÔÊӽ紫ýÐÔÊӽ紫ý Explorers Post 2305 hosted a training camp the first week of July that brought Explorers from three other counties to hone climbing and other skills.
Catoosa County government/John Pless
Young people from Catoosa County Fire ÐÔÊӽ紫ýÐÔÊӽ紫ý Explorers Post 2305 hosted a training camp the first week of July that brought Explorers from three other counties to hone climbing and other skills.
Catoosa County government/John Pless
Training camp for Explorers Post 2305 and guests from other Explorers groups practiced extracting people from drain pipes.
Catoosa County government/John Pless
A young firefighter from Explorers Post 2305 looks out from inside a building during training camp.
Sixteen young firefighters-in-training spent a week in Catoosa County practicing rescue techniques: getting “victims†out of confined places, safely breaking in doors and windows, climbing and rappelling, handling fire hoses and ladders effectively.
Catoosa County Fire ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Explorer Post 2305 hosted Explorers aged 14-21 from Dade and Bartow counties in Georgia and from Highway 58 fire station in Hamilton County, Tenn., for a week-long training camp the second week of July.
The camp took place at the training center, Station 10, on Mack Smith Road, where thereÐÔÊӽ紫ý a tower and concrete drain pipes, among many other things, for improving the skills of firefighters, young and not so young.
The skills are many. A firefighter never knows what he or she will face next. Their own lives can be at risk as much as the lives of people they’re trying to save. Every bit of training is critical.
Explorer Camp ended this year with a competition — several events to test skills. Bartow County came in first, Catoosa second and Highway 58 third.
Immediately after camp ended, the Catoosa Explorers set out for a competition in Cobb County.
Catoosa Fire ÐÔÊӽ紫ýÐÔÊӽ紫ý Capt. Zane Gleaves said the competitions the Explorers participate in help keep them sharp and motivated.
Gleaves said a long list of businesses and others sponsored the July camp, donating everything from used cars to food and T-shirts.
The concern Gleaves has now is the need for new recruits. “We have 12 in Explorer Post 2305 now,†he said, “but I’m graduating eight or nine of them next year.â€
Anyone interested in Explorer Post 2305 can call 706-861-4194.
Tamara Wolk is a reporter for The Catoosa County News in Ringgold, Ga., and Walker County Messenger in LaFayette, Ga.
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