10/18/2026
Firefighter for a Day — Saturday, October 17
What a morning at the Franklin Park Volunteer Fire Company training grounds! Thank you to Bill Miller for overseeing the event, and to our members for hosting this year’s Firefighter for a Day and welcoming everyone who came out to see what the fire service is really about.
From 8:30 until noon, participants got hands-on with the same skills our crews train on every week — gearing up in full turnout gear with mask and SCBA, running hose, working rescue tools on a vehicle, forcing a door, and learning about EMS work.
A big thank you to our visiting companies — Ingomar VFC, Highland Fire Company, and the McCandless Franklin Park Ambulance Authority — for bringing their people, apparatus, and expertise. Events like this only work because neighboring departments show up for each other.
And we can’t say enough about the breakfast our members put out for the visiting companies. Thank you also to Brandon with SERVPRO and Texas Roadhouse for supplying lunch for all. Nobody left hungry.
Interested in serving your community? Our doors are always open. Stop by the station at 2360 Rochester Road, email Bill Miller at [email protected] to learn how you can get involved — no experience required.
