Volume 2 April / May 06 Rovering To Excess Emergency Services Vocational Rovers Is a bi-monthly E-Zine by Rovers, for Rovers, about Want to have an exciting and challenging career as Rovers. a police officer, fire fighter or paramedic? One way to accomplish your goal is to join a Editor-In-Chief: Vocational Rover Crew that is involved with emer- Kat Nielsen gency services. In some U.S. states they call them
[email protected] junior paramedics. Production Manager Vocational Rovering, as an aspect of Scouting, has Kevin Dunn been around a long time. Only in the last few years
[email protected] has it gained prominence with the introduction of EMS, Fire and Police sponsored Crews. Contributing Writers Jerry Crawford As a Scouter and member of Toronto EMS and a Toronto. York & Windsor Crews Jorday Stanley former paramedic, I must admit that the ultimate Photo Provided by Jerry Crawford Katherine Nielsen intent of our sponsorship is to recruit potential para- by Richmond, British Columbia Advanced Care Smoke Blacklock medics and dispatchers. This is because we consid- Paramedic and long time Scouter, Jeff Watts. We Kevin Croft er youth with a Scouting background to be honest, owe a huge debt of gratitude to Jeff for his vision of intelligent and the best candidates for our profes- youth empowerment in his community. Medical sion. The Police and Fire staff agree whole hearted- Venturers and Rovers are still going strong in BC Rovering to Excess is always ly on this as well. looking for submissions from and we met some of them who assisted our medical Rovers, Rover Advisors or staff in Toronto at World Youth Day in 2002.