Real gear. Real trucks. Real firefighters. Teens aged 14 to 18 get a morning inside a working fire station, and not the tour version either.

Participants pull on actual turnout gear and find out how fast they can suit up. They handle a hose line, run the rescue drag stations under supervision, and walk the morning apparatus check with the crew to see every tool that comes off the engine. There is a live CPR demonstration, a tour of where the crew actually lives, eats and sleeps across a 24 hour shift, and then lunch with the firefighters for the questions that matter: what it pays, what the schedule is really like, what school you need, and how each of them got in.

Free, and lunch is included. Space is capped at 20 and it is first come, first served, with a waitlist for a possible second session, so register early.

Wear closed toe shoes and long pants, skip anything with drug, alcohol or offensive graphics, and bring a water bottle. Group home staff need to attend with participants.

Register here

Presented by Fostering Champions, Rural Metro Fire, Active Family Development Cares and the Florence Unified School District.

Rural Metro Station 843
28353 N. Main St., San Tan Valley