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Genesee Valley’s Junior Firefighter Program prepares next generation BELMONT — Landyn Burrows, a 10th-grade student at Genesee Valley Central School, recently became the first member of the school’s Junior Firefighter Program to advance to full-fledged firefighter status. The Junior Firefighter Program seeks to prepare students for careers in emergency services while strengthening local fire departments. This grant-funded initiative, supported by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), provides young volunteers with hands-on experience in firefighting techniques, safety procedures and emergency response training. The grant aims to address the regional
need for emergency responders and includes students from multiple communities, including Scio, Angelica and Belmont. During his time in the program, Landyn has participated in intensive training, learning critical skills such as how to wear and use SCBA tanks, ladder training, hose handling, forest fire safety, fire hydrant operation and assisting in the Allegany County DWI Mock Crash demonstration. To become a full firefighter, junior members must meet several criteria, including reaching the age of 16, passing a physical examination, maintaining good standing within the junior program and receiving
approval from the fire department’s board. When asked why he chose to join the program, Landyn shared, “I wanted to learn something new and help out in the community.” Through his participation, he has gained in-depth knowledge of firefighting equipment, fire trucks, and emergency procedures, all of which have helped prepare him for active duty. Miranda Hemphill, Junior Firefighter Program advisor, has witnessed Landyn’s personal growth throughout the program. “He has truly opened up as a person and grown through this experience. His enthusiasm and passion for firefighting
Photo provided Members of Genesee Valley Central School’s Junior Firefighter Program.
are inspiring. It’s been wonderful to hear how well he’s doing and how much he’s succeeding.” Josh Ford, chief of the Angelica Fire Department, praised the program’s success. “The junior firefighter program at GVCS has
been instrumental in adding new members to our department who otherwise may have never joined,” he said. “It has been rewarding to see Landyn’s dedication and eagerness to learn since he joined our department, and I look
forward to his continued growth as a firefighter. “I can only hope we will get more young volunteers like Landyn to serve their community and help replenish the ranks of our dwindling fire departments,” he added.
Shortest parade, long on fun; Wellsville hosts AOH Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade BY KATHRYN ROSS
Photo by Kathryn Ross Kay McCulloch (left) and Mike McCulloch, the Grand Marshall and AOH president, and a green friend were accompanied by bagpiper Steven Walker (right) as they march in Wellsville’s third annual AOH Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
WELLSVILLE — Everyone was Irish, and green was the prominent color of the crowd as hundreds showed up for the third annual AOH Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Wellsville on March 14. It was an event that brought people from far and wide, home to Wellsville and some for the first time to see the parade, which is only 12 feet long stretching from the north corner of the Wellsville Brewing Company pub to the south corner of From the Hart, an Irish boutique.
This year people gathered in the street and on the sidewalk in front of buildings hoping for o’ bit of shade as Old Sol reigned overhead. It was better than 60 degrees at the high point of the parade, which started at 5 p.m. and lasted less than half an hour. Even with several groups marching, sports figures and celebrities, dance companies, performers, cars, trucks buses and the Emerald Hook and Ladder firetruck bringing up the rear, it doesn’t take long to complete a 12-footlong parade route.
The parade was the idea of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, an organization that has its roots in Ireland and started here in the late 1700s to protect and support Catholics. Today, the local group spends much of its time raising funds to support the local food banks, scholarships and Irish heritage. Later this spring they will host their annual Road Bowling Tournament in Andover, yet another nod to the area’s Irish roots. An annual car show, the largest in Shortest Parade continued on PAGE 6
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