The 2025 Junior Fire Patrol brigade at the Plainview Volunteer Fire and Rescue were officially “graduated” this past week, with two local youth named Chief and Assistant Chief in the long-standing tradition.
Each year the Fire Patrol is put through weekly instructional and educational classes, and at the end pass a test to account for their learned fire safety. As a special competition and reward, students that can identify the most fire hazards by turning in slips signed by the adults responsible for the repair, are named Chief and Assistant Chief of the group.
This year’s class included (group picture), front row (l to r): Kallen Cornett, Emalee Mosel, Sam Zuhlke, Mason Richter, Liam Noble, AJ VanEvery, Colby Doerr, Kinslee Masat and Annabell Liibe; and back row (on truck): Aliyah Pelc, Ryann Montgomery, Bentley Dougherty, Breanna Hallock, Grace Krause, Bethany Krause, Swayzey Alexander, Jocelynn Buck, Shay Miller and Laramie Wells.
This year’s Chief was Emalee Mosel and the Assistant Chief was Kallen Cornett.
The Junior Fire Patrol program is hosted by the Plainview Volunteer Fire & Rescue each year for the fourth-graders in Plainview schools. The training is provided by the volunteers in the department and their resources.