Clinton Fire Department Junior Firefighter Program

01/17/2021

It’s cold but the CFD juniors are out this morning training on Hose line deployment. Juniors trained on deploying the front bumper and 350’ court yard load. Prior to hitting the streets they reviewed the locations and units assigned to the 45 & 25 primary box alarms.

01/10/2021

CFD Juniors met this morning for their first drill of 2021. The group reviewed the equipment carried on the Engine, Truck and Squad. After reviewing the apparatus, CFD Juniors moved to Dumont pond to train on portable pump operations.

Squad 45 and Hazmat 45 both carry portable pumps as Hazmat 45 & Squad 45 respond for basement dewatering assignments in our primary. Squad 45 also utilizes the pump on Rapid Intervention Team incidents, the pump would be used in the event a Firefighter fell through a floor into a flooded basement caused by firefighting operations.

Juniors meet 2 Sunday’s a month at 9a, if you or someone you know is interested in becoming part of our team come check us out any Monday night or send us an email via our website.

01/08/2021

This week the CFD Juniors took the initiative to clean and polish the apparatus at 45s.

Juniors train with the Dept on Monday nights as well as 2 Sunday’s a month, a more intimate training session is held on Sunday days so they can work on slowing down the motions and mastering the craft.

Interested in becoming a Junior FF with us? Stop by on a Monday night, check out our website or email via the contact us tab on the website.

09/07/2020

If you're between 15 and 18 come on down and join these fine young men. CFD is always looking for new members.

Sunday Mornings with the CFD junior team, CFD juniors are working on their hose line deployment skills this morning.

Interested in getting away from Mom and Dad for a couple hours and becoming part of Clinton’s Finest? Stop in anytime and see what we’re all about, we’re always looking for new faces to join our ranks.

07/07/2018

Congrats Ryan! Good luck in your fire service career with both Mansfield Fire and Clinton Fire!

06/23/2018

04/19/2018

Video from radio communications drill

04/18/2018

4/18/18

Tonight, the crew practiced radio communications and team building. One group had a tabletop full of Legos while the other group had the instructions in another room. Via radio communication the groups had to work together in order to put the set together.

04/12/2018

4/11/18

In rural Hunterdon County, hydrants are not always readily available nearby a fire. Many times CFD is deployed as a fill engine on the Hunterdon County Tender Task Force, where a fill site is set up in order to fill water tenders who then shuttle the water to the fire, dump into large dump tanks, then return to the fill site to repeat the process.

Tonight the men visited several draft site locations in the Town of Clinton. They were tasked with setting up a draft using Engine 45 and then deployed a handline off the apparatus. Because time is a precious commodity in the fire service, the evolutions were timed and repeated several times at different locations. The fastest evolution was completed in approximately 6 minutes! Nice job by all.

03/29/2018

CFD Junior Drill 3/28/18

03/29/2018

CFD Junior Drill 3/28/18

Juniors practiced following a hoseline out of a structure. They were faced with 200 feet of hose scrambled throughout the apparatus bays and through various wall studs and entanglement props. For the final evolution, the crew practiced RIT procedures and dragging a downed firefighter through the obstacles and out of the building. Nice job by all!