Relatives on the department

[ffexpCP]

How many explorer posts / cadet / junior / or whatever have members who are related to someone on the sponsoring department?

Years back, my post was made up almost entirely of the kids of the FF. Now, 100% of the explorers are not related to anyone on the department.

Another question:
If your group has members who are not related to others on the department, how did they find out about the program?

[WannabeintheFD]

We have a few... but thats mainly because we are still prety new.

[Moose2028]

my dad is on the white lake fire dept. (were we live). i am on the highland twp. fire dept. (right next to white lake) beacuse that is the only explorer post around here.

i am only about 3/4 of a mile from my station. the back half of our nehiborhood is in highland twp. so it is not a far drive to go on calls.

[ffdfireexplorer]

my dad was on the dept when i was little and my older bro is on the dept now

[FDNY101TRUCK]

My mother is on the same Fire Co. as I am, I joined first and she kept driving me back and forth so I told her she should join and she did and is now FF1 certified along with many other courses, yeah you can say I'm proud of her.

[42VTExplorer]

Hmmm...

-Great-Grandfather was a volunteer firefighter after the world wars.

-Grandfather is a full time chief of a "large" VT department.

-Mother is not affiliated to Fire/EMS other then the rides and talk she hears from me.

-I am a (soon to be) Junior FF with a Fire/EMS department, but am currently an EMS Explorer with one all ems department, do training with 2 others, and third ride with a different fire department.

[MFDExplorer51]

Myself - My grandfather is a current active member with 55+ years, along with my father, my uncle, and a couple of cousins, all active. My great grandfather was a member years ago.

LT.- His Uncle is the Chief, and has a few cousins in.

Secretary - His father is an active member.

One Explorer has a father. Another has a grandfather. And the last has a father who is an Assistant Chief, and a grandfather who is active.

All of the Explorers has family who are also in the Fire Department.

[GFDSlappyRob]

Myself and my step-dad. My step dad was a FF for 33 yrs. and ended his career in the early 1990's as a LT. He was re-enstated as a POC Command Aid in 1994 and he is currently still holding that position.And my step-brother is an explorer also. We are one big happy family!!!