Fire Station 3 of the Harlingen Fire Dept was the destination. Scouts received instruction on how to use a portable fire extinguisher, and fire safety as it pertains to household equipment, such as an outdoor barbecue pit and lawn mower (never gas-up a hot lawnmower!).<\/p>\n Harlingen Mayor and extreme friend of Scouting Mr. Chris Boswell attended (his son is a member of Boy Scouts<\/u> Troop 206).<\/p>\n Mr. J. C. Casas conducted a very informative session on the many workings of the communications center. It was immediately obvious he\u2019s an experienced communications technician. He\u2019s well-versed in the topic, and proved effective in his instruction to the Scouts. This part of the session was a high privilege, since very few people ever get to inspect the complicated inner workings of a city emergency communications center. The entire event was impressive! Our Boy Scouts deeply appreciated the effort.<\/p>\n Boy Scouts Troop 22 actively seeks donations or other assistance to maintain a quality program. Please contact the Scoutmaster, SgtMajor Jim Poe, at 956-423-6006×270 if you have questions about the Boy Scout program or seek to lend your support.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to check out the photos of the visit to Harlingen\u00a0\u00a0Fire Station 3.<\/p>\n To learn more about Boy Scouts Troop 22 and the Marine Military Academy visit our website at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org<\/a> or request information at http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/MMA\/admissions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Boy Scouts Troop 22 Fire Safety Merit Badge: Part IV SgtMaj Poe MMA Boy Scouts along with several Boy Scouts from Troop 206 of St. Alban\u2019s continued with the Fire Safety Merit Badge, part 4. Fire Station 3 of the Harlingen Fire Dept was the destination. Scouts received instruction on how to use a portable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scouts"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4071"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10590,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions\/10590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"boy](\"http:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/scouts26.jpg\" "\\"scouts26\\"")
<\/a>MMA Boy Scouts<\/b> along with several Boy Scouts<\/i> from Troop 206 of St. Alban\u2019s continued with the Fire Safety Merit Badge, part 4.<\/p>\nBoy Scouts View Fire Station Communications<\/h2>\n
<\/a>The boys received a detailed tour of the facility and learned of the many functions provided by Station 3 professionals. Along with fire-fighting duties, it serves as the primary communications center for Harlingen Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Technicians\/Treatment. The center also handles emergency communications for part of Cameron County. The COMM tower directly behind the building juts at least 150 ft into the sky.<\/p>\nBoy Scouts Fire Safety Photos<\/h3>\n