Team History
The FIRST Responders was founded in 2015 by dedicated students
Community Outreach
Going beyond the classroom by helping others
Events Calendar
Check out our events for the 2022 season
Safety FIRST
Safety is one of our main focuses and we strive to respond FIRST
Latest News
Our most recent posts are below. See what and how we are doing for the 2022 season or check out some older posts for previous seasons.
Note Scoring and FIRST API Sync
The engineering team at FIRST® and several volunteers have been working to correct issues related to counting notes in the amp and the FIRST API sync of match data. I[…]
Read moreHappy Birthday to FIRST!
In 1989, in a room in a building in New Hampshire, a form was signed, and an idea was born. Thirty-five years later, more than 3 million youth from across[…]
Read moreFrom the FTA Notepad
My day job at FIRST® is working with the team developing and maintaining all the various software components which are required for a successful season (FMS, FRC-Events, and FIRST® Robotics[…]
Read moreCurrent Sponsors
A special thanks to this years sponsors2019 Season Recap
District Winners! of the Bellville District in our 2019 season
In our debut competition of the season we took home the first place banner. In addition to this we also won the Safety award…
Read MoreCompetition fun!
While build season is both exciting and challenging, nothing gets your “heart” pumping than some gold ole’ competition fun! Check out some of our posts from recent and past seasons!
Meeting with Dean Kaman
2019 was an exciting year for us. We even got to meat the founder of FIRST!
Exploring our work
Hanging out in the pits at a competition where we get to explain our methods and technologies to the public and share information with other teams
Last minute prep
Making sure everything is in order before we start a qualifying match while volunteers prepare the competition field.
DISCUSSING THE GAME PLAN
It’s Not About Winning
While competing is fun and exciting and we take a lot of pride in our bot. One of the best parts of any competition season is working closely with our team, our mentors, coaches and other teams we meet. We learn a lot from these partners and couldnt succedd without their help. Using what we learn we can pass it down some seaons to season and share our knowledge with the freshmen on the team.
MEDIA COVERAGE
We do our best to capture the spirit of the team through video and social media outlets.
SAFETY FIRST
Being prepared for any situation means making sure safety comes first. Can’t have fun if you’re hurt!
VIDEOS
Check out some of our videos in the video section.
PICTURES
Check out or pictures on our Instagram page!
Counters
With the Internet spreading like wildfire and reaching every part of our daily life, more and more traffic is directed to websites in search for information.