Another Post 100 Success Story!!!!

Well once again the department adds two more Post 100 explorers to their fire department family. FF/ex-explorer John Goshorn and FF/ex-explorer Cynthia Sato graduated Drill Tower 40 on Thursday May 25th. These two are perfect examples of hard work and determination paying off. John will be assigned to Task Force 26 "C" on the truck and Cynthia will be assigned to Task Force 29 "C" on the engine. Both outstanding assignments where they will gain a lot of knowledge and expirence. Good luck to you both and CONGRATULATIONS!!!
(Pictured Above Lt to Rt: CI Eric Verwey,FF John Goshorn,
FF/PM Adam Knabe, FF Cynthia Sato)

32nd Annual California Fire Explorer Academy

The week of April 17-23 of 2006 was an exhausting yet exciting week for the 10 young men and women from post 100 that traveled to Modesto, CA for the annual academy. It was a week of early mornings, late nights and hard work in between. Immediately after arriving at the academy the explorers are divided up, among the explorers from all over the state into, divisions, battalions and companies just as in the ICS system. So right of the bat they are being trained. It doesn't take long for them to realize they aren't in Kansas any more. Throughout the week the explorers get the opportunity hear lectures and gets hands on training in many field including auto extrication, wildland, FF survival, roof operations, and the favorite.....live-fire training. Firefighters from agencies all over the state volunteered their time to come out and share some of their knowledge with the next generation of firefighters. During the last part of the week is what every explorer waits for.....The fires! On these days they get a good taste of fire behavior and conditions they will one day encounter inside a structure fire. It is hot & smokey and they feel every bit of it.











After all the training is done, comes the grand finale.....The burn down & BBQ. Everyone grabs a plate of BBQ and enjoys the show as the instructors finish off the structure that has been drilled on all week. Explorer Post 100 would like to especially thank all of the supporting agencies and instructors that made this possible and we look forward to next year.....Get Some!

Patches are in!!!!

The new Explorer Post 100 patches are in! Contact Explorer Joe Walstrom @ (818) 648-7908 in regards to purchasing patches.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Explorer Ryan Prusa for being accepted to the Paramedic Training Institute. Ryan along with a few other explorers are being sponsored by the LAFD to attend paramedic school. Good luck Ryan and keep up the hard work. In the words of my old capt. "Don't screw up!" Just kidding!!!

Dave Russon Memorial Fire Explorer Emergency Exercise

On Saturday May 20th members of Explorer Post 100 and Explorer Post 89 participated in an annual multi-agency drill including explorer posts from Los Angeles County, Compton, West Covina, Glendale and many others. The drill took place at the Del Valle training center north of magic mountain. These motivated young men & women worked hard all day long in return receiving priceless training on wildland fire fighting, auto extrication, Haz Mat, Urban Search and Rescue, and even live-fire training.

Each explorer post brought their own engine which the explorers staffed, with a certified firefighter driver of course. All apparatus were staged at a base camp, and once the event kicked off, the companies were dispatched to one of the above incidents. Once on-scene, the company received an introduction and lesson on a certain aspect of the fire service. After their lecture, the perspective company was faced with a related task whether it be repelling down to a vehicle over the side or cutting a fire line.

At the end of the day, the explorers conveyed to me how much knowledge and experience they gained from all of the instructors. One explorer even told me that he didn't really realize that there were so many more aspects to the fire service other than structure fires and of course ems.

A special thanks goes out to the Los Angeles County Fire Department for once again hosting this event that which turned into such a great success. Also I would like to thank Capt Eric Verwey for his participation and organization in getting both of the LAFD Posts involved. Members of LAFD Task Force 60 were instrumental in providing instructors for both the auto extrication and the live-fire training. Thank you all for all the hard work. And last but not least thanks goes out to FF Greg Stonebraker and FF Eric Gonzalez both from FS 60 for driving two of the engines with explorers, without them, our post could not have participated to the degree it did.