The sunny weather on Sunday September 15 brought crowds in to the Fire Station in Ferry Road. The Open Day is always popular and all the emergency services come together manning stands to explain the work that they do locally to keep us all safe in our homes, out and about and at sea.
Station Commander, Dan Channon, commented: “I would like to thank everyone who came to the station for our annual open day and took part in the activities. This is always a fantastic opportunity to engage with our local community and cement partnerships. We really appreciate the involvement and support of all our emergency service colleagues from the RNLI, Rother Responders and SeCamb today.”
Pete Stonham, a descendant of one of the crew from the Mary Stanford Lifeboat disaster of 1928, is a firefighter at the station and his family came to enjoy the demonstrations including future firefighter Ray, his son, who is 17months old.
There were displays throughout the day of the work the firefighters do but the most spectacular was how quickly a chip-pan fire can get out of control. The whoosh and roar of the flames made people gasp as it was so intense.
The children loved being able to clamber up into the fire appliance and sit in the driving seat, including Freddie and Phoebe Lock. Amelia-Rose Dawson loved being able to use the big hose and see how much water came out although she was drowned by the size of the coat and helmet.
It is good to be reminded by so many services of how much training they all have to accomplish to enable them to respond rapidly to calls for help from the community.
Would you be interested in becoming a ‘local hero’ and join our ‘on call family’? Go to www.esfrs.org/retained-recruitment.
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Image Credits: Kt Bruce .