HENDERSON FIRE DEPARTMENT

1. HENDERSON FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPLORER ETIQUETTE

2. CHAIN OF COMMAND FF JUAREZ (HEAD ADVISOR ) FF Gatter, FF CALARCO, FF/PM BEAL, FF/PM SIUTA, FF/PM FELIZ (advisor) PLATOON CAPTAINS GRAY SHIRTS WHITE SHIRTS

3. APPEARANCE • HAIR WILL BE CUT NEATLY • IT WILL NOT TOUCH THE EARS OR THE BOTTOM OF THE NECK • SIDEBURNS NOT TO EXTEND PAST THE CENTER OF THE EAR • YOU WILL COME FRESHLY CLEAN SHAVEN • NO PIERCING • THEY MUST BE REMOVED AT ALL EVENTS AND FUNCTIONS • UNIFORMS • UNIFORMS WILL BE IRONED, AND INSPECTED • WHITE SHIRTS WILL COME WITH THEIR WHITE T – SHIRTS IRON AS WELL • BOOTS WILL BE POLISHED TO A SHINE TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR APPEARANCE IT IS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE NOTICE AN WILL REMEMBER

4. PARADE REST • PARADE REST - STANDING FEET SHOULDER WITH APART, KNEES SLIGHTLY BENT, ARMS BEHIND YOUR BACK ,WITH THE LEFT HAND HOLDING THE RIGHT. EYES FRONT AND NO TALKING. • WE STAND AT PARADE REST WHILE WE ARE • STANDING IN LINE IN PLATOONS • IN SINGLE FILE LINE • WHILE BEING SPOKEN TO OR TALKING WITH A FF • WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF OUR CHAIRS WAITING TO BE TOLD TO SIT IN THE CLASSROOMS • ONCE TOLD TO HAVE A SEAT WE WILL ALL SAY THANK YOU SIR AN SIT DOWN

5. ATTENTION • WHEN STANDING AT ATTENTION - WE WILL BE MOVING FROM A POSITION OF PARADE REST • FIRST YOUR LEFT FOOT WILL MOVE TO YOUR RIGHT FOOT WITH THE HEELS TOUCHING FORMING A V SHAPE, • YOUR ARMS WILL BE BROUGHT TO YOUR SIDES IN THE SAME MOVEMENT WITH YOUR HANDS BEING CLOSED FIST AN YOUR THUMBS ON THE SEAM OF YOUR PANTS. • EYES FRONT AN ABSOLUTELY NOT TALKING UNLESS BEING ASKED A QUESTION. • USALLY WHEN BEING CALLED TO ATTENTION SYMBOLIZES A PRESENTS OF RANK. • WHEN BEING CALLED TO ATTENTION WE WILL SAY “GOOD EVENING SIR/ MA’AM” AN HOLD THE POSITION OF ATTENTION UNTIL TOLD BE AT EASE. • AT THAT TIME WILL SAY “THANK YOUR SIR/MA’AM” AN GO BACK TO PARADE REST.

6. HFD COLLAR BRASS TWO STRAIGHT BUGALS REPRESENTS A CAPTAIN TWO CROSS BUGALS REPRESENT A BATTALION CHIEF THREE BUGAL CLUSTER REPRESENT A DIVISION CHIEF FOUR BUGAL CLUSTER REPRESENTS A DEPUTY CHIEF FIVE BUGAL CLUSTER REPRESENTS THE CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT

7. WHENSPEAKING, OR BEING SPOKEN TO. • SPEAK LOUD AND CLEARLY …NO MUMBLING! • ALWAYS ADDRESS THE PERSON AS SIR OR MA’AM OR BY RANK FOLLOWED BY THERE LAST NAME . • ALWAYS YES SIR OR NO SIR WHEN BEING ASKED SOMETHING. • WHEN SOMEONE IS SPEAKING TO YOU, YOU SHOW THEM RESPECT BY GIVING THEM EYE CONTACT, THIS SHOWS YOUR ARE LISTEN AND PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. • YOU CAN BE TESTED ON ANYTHING THAT IS SAID AT ANYTIME

8. IN THE CLASS ROOM • FILE INTO THE CLASSROOM QUIETLY, FILLING ALL ROWS STARTING FROM THE FRONT WORKING BACK • PULL YOUR CHAIR OUT AN STAND IN FRONT OF IT AT PARADE REST UNTILL TOLD TO CAN SIT • WHEN SITTING WE WILL STAY THANK YOUR SIR / MA’AM FOR ALLOWING US TO PRIVILEGE TO SIT DOWN • WHILE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING YOU WILL REMAIN QUITE AND PAY ATTENTION – NO TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RAISE YOUR HAND TO ASK • IF A QUESTION IS ASKED TO THE CLASS, YOU WILL RAISE YOUR HAND AN WAIT TO BE CALLED, NOT JUST SHOUT OUT THE ANSWER AND AS ALWAYS WE WILL END WITH THE LAST THING BEING SAID, SIR OR MA’AM.

9. IN THE CLASSROOM • NOTES SHOULD BE TAKEN ON EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING GONE OVER ALL NOTES SHOULD THEN BE TYPED UP FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND BE KEPT IN YOUR BLACK BINDER • ITEMS NEEDED • BLACK ONE INCH BINDER • A MIN. OF TWO ZEBRA F 301 PENS (BLACK INK) • IF YOU FEEL YOURSELF FALLING ASLEEP STAND UP IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM TO TAKE NOTES

10. RESPECT • WE WILL RESPECT ALL, IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM • YOU ARE NOT JUST AN EXPLORER ONE DAY A WEEK YOU REPRESENT EXPLORERS EVERYDAY WHICH DIRECTLY REPRESENTS THE HENDERSON FIRE DEPT. • PUBLIC IMAGE • WORK HARD AND HUSTLE AT ALL TIMES • MOVE WITH A PURPOSE AND KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE • NEVER SHOULD ANYONE ESP. A FF BE OUT HERE WORKIN HARDER THAN YOU ARE

11. RESPECT • WE WILL RESPECT ALL, IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM • YOU ARE NOT JUST AN EXPLORER ONE DAY A WEEK YOU REPRESENT EXPLORERS EVERYDAY WHICH DIRECTLY REPRESENTS THE HENDERSON FIRE DEPT. • PUBLIC IMAGE • WORK HARD AND HUSTLE AT ALL TIMES • MOVE WITH A PURPOSE AND KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE • NEVER SHOULD ANYONE ESP. A FF BE OUT HERE WORKIN HARDER THAN YOU ARE

12. RESPECT • WHEN WALKIN IN THE HALLWAYS OR ANY PART OF THE TRAINING CENTER IF THERE IS ANY MEMBER OF THE DEPT APPROACHING • YOU WILL STOP, BACK TO THE WALL STAND AT ATTENTION LET THEM PASS AN REMAIN AT ATTENTION UNTILL THE DO SO. • AFTER THEY PASS YOU MAY CONTINUE. • IF THEY ARE CARRYING SOMETHING YOU WILL OFFER TO HELP THEM.

13. EVENTS SHOWING UP TO EVENTS WE WILL BE AT LEAST 15 MIN. EARLY AND BE READY TO GO • IF YOUR ARE EARLY YOUR ON TIME • IF YOUR ON TIME YOUR LATE • IF YOUR LATE DON’T BOTHER EVEN SHOWING UP • CELL PHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF OR LEFT IN YOUR CAR • NO RING BACK TONES ON YOUR PHONE, OR ANY UNPROFESSIONAL MESSAGES FOR YOUR VOICEMAIL . • FF AND OTHER PEOPLE MAY BE CALLING YOU FOR HELP WITH EVENTS OR INFORMATION.

14. BATHROOM • TO BE CLEANED AFTER USE • WHIPE UP THE WATER OFF THE COUNTER TOPS AN CHROME ON THE FAUCETS • CLASSROOMS • STEP BACK UP THEY WAY WE FOUND IT, AND CHAIRS TO BE NEATLY PUSHED IN • DRILL GROUNDS • NO SPITTING ON THE DRILL GROUNDS. IF YOU HAVE TO SPIT THERE ARE TWO PALM TREES THAT YOU CAN SPIT IN THE DIRT, AT THE BASE OF THEM • IF YOU HAVE TO THROW UP …FEED THE TREE! (USE THE BASE OF THE PLAM TREE FOR THIS AS WELL) • SACRAED GROUND • NO ONE WILL WALK ON THE SACRADE GROUND THAT IS A PRIVLAGE RESEREVE FOR FF ONLY!

15. TRAINING EVOLUTIONS • WHEN ONE PERSON IS DOING THE EVOLUTION THE OTHER WAITING TO GO WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION …NOT TALKIN TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR PLATOON UNLESS ITS SOMETHING ABOUT THE EVOLUTION • WE MUST LEARN FROM WATCHING OTHERS THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US • IF YOUR MOUTH IS MOVING YOUR EARS ARE NOT LISTENING - PAY ATTENTION AT ALL TIMES • NO EXCUSES • A REASON COMES AFTER SOMEONE ASKS YOU QUESTION

16. ATTITUDE • Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company ... a church ... a home. • The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. • The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude ... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you ... we are in charge of our Attitudes

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