This research paper reviewed the at-risk youth mentoring program, known as Firefighters and Students Together (F.A.S.T.) The F.A.S.T. program is a collaboration between the Aurora Fire Department and the Aurora Public School District. Firefighters volunteer to mentor at-risk high school students under the direction of the Gateway High School counseling office. The problem at the school was keeping students in school until graduation and helping the students make positive choices with their lives. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the F.A.S.T. program and make recommendations as to how to get and keep firefighters involved in the program. The method used for this research was descriptive in nature. The F.A.S.T. program was examined from inception to the present. The research questions answered by this study were: 1.Does the Aurora Public School District feel that the F.A.S.T. program positively benefited the students who participated? 2. Do the Aurora Firefighters involved in the program feel that the program was of positive benefit to the students? 3. Do the firefighter mentors wish to continue with the program? 4. Is this type of program supported by other fire agencies in the area? The results of the research showed that the program was of value and had been instrumental in keeping 64 at-risk students in school to graduate. The firefighter mentors were, however, showing signs of burn out and many had quit the program. Key issues for the mentors were lack of compensation for their efforts and lack of support by fire administration. The recommendations to keep the program viable were to get a funding source that would compensate the firefighter mentors.Until this is a reality, the fire department needs to commit to the program by allowing the mentors on-duty time to go to the school. The school district and department must work together to make the F.A.S.T. program as productive as possible. The program has been successful.