FUNDRAISING

The post will be conducting a few fundraisers in the up coming weeks... First we will be selling Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnuts and hot choclate at the annual Apex Christmas parade, And at Christmas on Salem St. Come support us both Dec.5 and 6 at Apex Station 1 in downtown.

Also on Dec. 8th the Post has partnered with Chili's of Beaver Creek for a Profits Sharing Night... Go eat a delicious meal at your Home Town Chili's and mention the post and we recieve 10% of the profits... THANKS IN ADVANCE

CPR & First Aid

The post finally finished the CPR training on Saturday may 24th. And afterwards we had a blast learning forcible entry techniques with Apex Engine 3. Special thanks to Lt. White for the CPR training and to Capt. Maynard, FF Manzo, and FF Grubbs for taking time out of Their day to help with forcible entry. The Fire Dept will be burning houses coming up the next two monday nights and even though we don't get to burn we'll be there helping with setup cleanup and of course REHAB with SR-1

DOIN' WORK AT PEAK WEEK

Well our annual fundraiser has come and gone and it was a HUGE success. All the explorers did great we sold over 300 plates of spaghetti that night. The post would especially like to thank Chief Haraway, Tony Fuller, and Ladder 1 B for all their help. And of course a HUGE thanks to all who attended our spaghetti dinner.

We have big things coming up soon. Our next Saturday training will be a CPR & First Aid course followed by some hands on training. On May 17Th we will also be helping with the Apex Fire Dept. Emergency preparedness day. And as always we are training Monday nights at Apex station 3 at 7pm.

UPCOMING DATES

We have a busy month ahead of us at the explorer post. May 2nd is our fundraiser dinner, May 17th we are helping with the Emergency readiness expo that is put on by the fire dept. And May 24th we have a full day of training where we will finish our American Heart Association CPR/First Aid class. And we still have our weekly monday night training too. Last monday the Explorer Post participated in high rise drills at the Wake county fire training center, it definately showed us what we are good at and what we really need to work on.

March 22nd training

Our March 22nd training was a success until we started getting paged out all afternoon. The morning consisted of a wildfire class taught by 2 rangers from the NC divsion of forestry. It was awesome and everyone learned something. Then we had lunch from Danny's BBQ of Cary and would like to thank them for the generous donation of gift certificates last year. The afternoon started off well, one small brush fire off Hwy 55 no big deal. Then it picked up with a larger working brush fire off Old US1 that tied up both instructors for CPR in the afternoon. So the rest of our CPR class will be scheduled soon...

SATURDAY TRAINING

Our next Explorer Saturday Training will be March 22nd at Apex Station 3 from 815am-until we get done maybe 5pm? It will consist of a wildfire class taught by the NC division of Forestry, and in the afternoon members will recieve CPR/First Aid Training. Any Questions? call AFD #3 at

(919)362-4001

Requirements

Anyone who is 14-21 and in grades 9-12 can be considered for membership

To be considered for probationary membership you must attend 3 meeting/training sessions which are held Monday nights at Apex Fire Station #3 at 736 Hunter st. Also a meeting with your parents well be scheduled to explain the program to them.

You will be given an application packet which must be completed before you can become a member.

ONCE YOU ARE AN EXPLORER
-Maintain a C average or better
-Attend weekly trainings
-Pull 8 hours of duty time per month

The application packet also describes in detail the rules and regulations of being a member of Explorer Post 263