Granite Falls volunteer firemen. Left To right are: left Impson, lay Stone, Duane Desrosier and Tim Quillen. Above is Ron Series. ’They take it seriously’ Not all students at Granite Falls High School take fire drills seriously, but five of the older boys act as if fire drills were life or death affairs. They have to; sometimes they are. Duane Desrosier, Jeff Impson, Tim Quillen, Ron Serles and Jay Stone are members of the Granite Falls Volunteer fire department and are on call during the school day. “When the alarm goes off, they jump up and go right out of class,” said Principal Cloy Sykes. “I don’t know where they are going or when they’ll be back.” Neither do they. This year the students have responded to serious auto accidents, heart attacks, head injuries, brush and chimney fires and numerous other emergencies. Twice they were called to assist accident victims at their oWn school. Sykes said the students handled the crisis like pros, controlling shock and monitoring vital signs until more help could arrive. Jay Stone, a powerfully built junior who has been a member for over a year, said that most of the calls this year were “aid calls." Usually serious auto accidents. “They can get pretty messy at times,” remembered Stone, wiping his face with his hand. He then folded both hands, placed them on the table in front of him and added, “but somebody’s got to do it.” VA.“ Stone and the others don't consider themselves heroes and would laugh at such a remark. They do, however, consider themselves somebodies, and a lot of people in their community are thankful that they do. Granite Falls is a small town on the eastern end of Highway 92, about 20 miles northeast of Everett. The main industry in the area is logging, and therefore most volunteer firemen work out of town and can’t respond to alarms during the day. The high school students, however, are in town all day only blocks from the fire station. They are usually among the first to heed an alarm. If no one else but the students responded to a fire call, they would start up the pumper, wait a couple of minutes and go on their own. All members of the company receive six weeks of training in fire fighting and emergency first aid. They attend weekly meetings to update their skills, work on vehicles and practice using equipment. Everyone must be able to drive each vehicle, including the pumper and medic van, use extension ladders, hoses, various hand and power tools, apply first aid lifesaving techniques and learn to breath with oxygen tanks. What does Principal Sykes think about students jumping up and running out of class any time of the day for undetermined periods of time? “It's great!" Sykes went on to explain that the boys have matured considerably since joining the fire company and that the maturity has shown up at school. , Author: , Accession/Object ID: 2005.30.1, Object Name: , Title: , Description: Newspaper article on "fire boys" of Granite Falls fire department. [0d] [0a] Dated June 5, 1978., OCR Text: Granite Falls volunteer firemen. Left To right are: left Impson, lay Stone, Duane Desrosier and Tim Quillen. Above is Ron Series. ’They take it seriously’ Not all students at Granite Falls High School take fire drills seriously, but five of the older boys act as if fire drills were life or death affairs. They have to; sometimes they are. Duane Desrosier, Jeff Impson, Tim Quillen, Ron Serles and Jay Stone are members of the Granite Falls Volunteer fire department and are on call during the school day. “When the alarm goes off, they jump up and go right out of class,” said Principal Cloy Sykes. “I don’t know where they are going or when they’ll be back.” Neither do they. This year the students have responded to serious auto accidents, heart attacks, head injuries, brush and chimney fires and numerous other emergencies. Twice they were called to assist accident victims at their oWn school. Sykes said the students handled the crisis like pros, controlling shock and monitoring vital signs until more help could arrive. Jay Stone, a powerfully built junior who has been a member for over a year, said that most of the calls this year were “aid calls." Usually serious auto accidents. “They can get pretty messy at times,” remembered Stone, wiping his face with his hand. He then folded both hands, placed them on the table in front of him and added, “but somebody’s got to do it.” VA.“ Stone and the others don't consider themselves heroes and would laugh at such a remark. They do, however, consider themselves somebodies, and a lot of people in their community are thankful that they do. Granite Falls is a small town on the eastern end of Highway 92, about 20 miles northeast of Everett. The main industry in the area is logging, and therefore most volunteer firemen work out of town and can’t respond to alarms during the day. The high school students, however, are in town all day only blocks from the fire station. They are usually among the first to heed an alarm. If no one else but the students responded to a fire call, they would start up the pumper, wait a couple of minutes and go on their own. All members of the company receive six weeks of training in fire fighting and emergency first aid. They attend weekly meetings to update their skills, work on vehicles and practice using equipment. Everyone must be able to drive each vehicle, including the pumper and medic van, use extension ladders, hoses, various hand and power tools, apply first aid lifesaving techniques and learn to breath with oxygen tanks. What does Principal Sykes think about students jumping up and running out of class any time of the day for undetermined periods of time? “It's great!" Sykes went on to explain that the boys have matured considerably since joining the fire company and that the maturity has shown up at school. , Granite Falls Historical Society,Documents (articles, clippings, letters, papers),General Articles & Documents,General Articles,General Articles 01,2005.30.1 (No title provided),2005.30.1 (No title provided) 1, 2005.30.1 (No title provided) 1