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Explorers get taste of fire, rescue action
Post members work with leaders at Lake Joy Fire Department
By EMILY JOHNSTONE
Times-Journal Staff
“Bull” called the meeting to
order. “Killer Cupcake” and the
rest of the group settled in for a bi
monthly get-together Nov. 18 at a
building located on Lake Joy
Road.
Thus the Houston County Fire
Department Explorers group
meeting began.
There are 15 youths ages 14-20
in attendance and eight new atten
dees.
The Explorers are Houston
County youngsters who are inter
ested in learning more about vol
unteer work with the county fire
department and, thanks to a plan
being carried out by Assistant Fire
Chief Ronnie Register, they now
have the opportunity to gather to
be educated about the responsibil
ities of being a department volun
teer.
Register worked with a similar
group when he was employed
with the Crisp County Fire
Department several years ago.
“It was started by some of us
who had kids and wanted to spend
more time with them and let them
see what we do. It is also a good
way to get potential volunteers
interested at an early age,” said
Register.
If an Explorer stays until he or
she is 18 years of age and com
pletes 120 hours of training, they
will be ready to become a full
fledged volunteer.
There are several volunteers
helping with the Explorers class
es.
Eighteen-year-old Travis
Foskey said he wants to “help
enlarge the group. This will help
to bring volunteers into the
department.”
Jeremy “Bull” Scarborough,
19, captain of the group, read over
by-laws governing the Explorers
during their meeting.
Rules include that while an
Explorer may respond to some
scenes they may not respond to
auto accidents or medically relat
ed calls.
Calls they may respond to will
have a designated ‘safe zone’ that
the Explorer may not cross unless
doing so is OK’d by fire depart
ment personnel.
Perry High School junior Kim
“Killer Cupcake” Harris (all vol
unteers are given a nickname) is
no stranger to these scenes. Both
her parents, David and Gwen,
work under volunteer status with
Houston County and Kim can be
seen at many incidents on the
fringe of the crowd, watching her
parents swing into action and
dreaming of the day she, too, can
help.
“I like helping people,” she
said.
Shannon Sharpless is an advi
sor to the group. Her dad has been
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Times-Journal Photo by Emily Johnstone
THE EXPLORERS The Houston County Fire Department Explorer group met Nov. 18.
Pictured are: Jeremy Scarborough, Jonathan Holland, Chuck Register, Sean Cook,
Kelley Fisher, Dan Perdue, Justin Anderson, Blair Anderson, Mark Ray, Katrina Frost,
Sam Turner, Angela Reburn, Kim Harris, Travis Foskey, Shannon Sharpless, Amber
Cumbie, Assistant Chief Ronnie Register, Chief Jimmy Williams and Houston County
Commissioner Larry Snellgrove. Not pictured are John Smith and Ryan Roberts.
chief of Station 100 in Centerville
for the past 25 years.
“I grew up with this,” Sharpless
said. “It’s a very good idea to get
younger ones involved.”
Members of the Explorers
include students from the follow
ing schools: Westfield, Perry
High, Houston County High,
Warner Robins High, and Rumble.
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Times-Journal Photo by Eric Zellars
HONORED STUDENTS Named students of the week at Perry Middle School for the
week of Nov. 15 are Jamie Wood, Michael Whitehead, Reed Hall, Deveon Felder, Lynda
Trayler, Casey Herring, Anna Sloat, Samuel Johnson, Vivian Siu, Kenneth Nobel, Crystal
Hollar, Prentice Stokeling, Jonathan Holland, Dana Avera, Cameron Draughorne, Jenna
Cole, Jeana Browning and Ben Hildebrand.
The Houston County Explorers
will soon begin training for compe
tition that will be held in Gatlinburg,
Tenn. in February of 1997.
They will participate in events
such as search and rescue, quick
dress, busted hose replacement
and bucket brigade.
Fund-raisers are under way to
help fund the trip.
A bake sale will be held at the
Galleria Mall Nov. 23.
For more information about the
Explorers contact Register or Chief
Jimmy Williams at 542-2026.
Area students between the ages
of 14 and 21 can participate with
the group. Meetings are held the
first and third Mondays at Station
500 located on Lake Joy Road.
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