High school cadets at the BI Fire Department (CAFE-085)

Fascinated by fire trucks? BHS students get firsthand experience in fire fighting and emergency medical services from the Bainbridge Island Fire Department thanks to the BHS Career In program: Learn more here!

In this podcast BIFD Fire Chief Hank Teran, BIFD Volunteer Program Coordinator Jay Rosenberg, and BHS grad Finn Mander share their observations about this exciting program.

You’ll learn what it takes to become a cadet, what equipment they’ll use, what activities they’ll be participating in, and about the benefits to the students and the community.

You’ll also hear from former cadet Finn Mander — now a BIFD volunteer — about why he loved the program and why he elected to pursue EMT training after graduation.

Abby Wyatt2024-04-26T10:35:13-07:00March 24, 2019|

Land Acknowledgment

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.