PICTURES FROM Youth in the fire service training day 2024

5th Annual Youth in the Fire Service Training 

For Rams, Juniors & Explorers

Saturday, July 19, 2025, from 7:30am to 2:00pm

at the St. Lawrence County Fire Training Center in West Potsdam

The St. Lawrence County Fire Chiefs Association (SLCFCA); Firefighters Association of the State of New York (FASNY); and Northern New York Volunteer Firemen’s Association (NNYVFA) will be hosting their 5th Annual Youth in the Fire Service Day on Saturday, July 19th. This event is put on to give Junior Firefighters, RAMs, and Explorers, hands-on experience. The event is meant to continue their interest in being firefighters and provide important hands-on training. 

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This year, evolutions will include:

Waterball Challenge

Raymond Guzman

Students will learn about hose line, hose line nozzles, and fire suppression theory.  Students will break into two teams and play a game of waterball, with the winners playing in a playoff to determine 1st. place.

Cone Drill into Primary Search

Nicholas Rolley

Students will learn how to communicate with each other while limited with the sense of site. This will start outside where students will pair up and go through a cone course, then will do a primary search on a room, then give a verbal report of what they felt and if they heard anything. The overall goal of this drill is to get communication and teamwork between individuals and to break the ice of giving a report as would likely happen if involved in an actual incident.

Rappelling Demonstration

Danny Jolly

Utilizing our trained rescue personnel, students will observe repelling procedures off the burn building.

Farm Equipment Recue

James Blackburn

This course is designed to create a basic understanding of farm implement accidents that can happen and how to address them. It allows participants to gain knowledge in stored energy, stabilizing equipment, working in tandem with EMS to free individuals who have been trapped in farm equipment. Gives the students a working knowledge of equipment used to free people from the equipment and to do stabilization among other things.

To view pictures from the 2024 event, please visit this link.

If you have questions, please contact Karin Blackburn.

Email:  kblackburn1976@yahoo.com or phone:  315-854-4971.