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Wainuiomata Volunteer
Fire Brigade opened its door to the public today.
Following weeks of
planning, the doors of the station went up at 10am.
Despite the promise of rain, hundreds of people came to
the station to view the displays, look at equipment and get
their questions answered.
The station was laid out with static displays,
activities for the kids and a sausage sizzle to keep the
hunger bugs at bay. Static
displays featuring home sprinklers, smoke alarms, home
evacuation and survival plans, fire awareness, fire
extinguishers for the home, volunteer recruitment and early
intervention informed crowds inside, outside Wellington Free
Ambulance, The New Zealand Police Booze Bus and the
Wainuiomata Bush Fire Force provided insight into the
operations of these services
WVFB had a dramatic
display on the dangers of unattended cooking with a kitchen
fire simulator that drew plenty of oh’s and ah’s each time
it was “fired up”. There
was also a display featuring the brigade’s extrication
equipment when a car was cut open in an MVA simulation.
Unfortunately the promised rain did eventuate halfway
though the final two demonstrations, and as the rain
increased, the crowds decreased.
The sausage sizzle was a
huge success and the money raised will go towards new
equipment for the brigade so we can continue to serve our
biggest customers, the great people of Wainuiomata, with
trained, well equipped firefighters 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
Wainuiomata Volunteer
Fire Brigade would like to take the opportunity the thank
everyone who visited our station today and we hope you found
our displays interesting and informative, and that visitors
took away new knowledge about fires and the serious
consequences that can occur if the simple things aren’t done
right.
We also would like to
extend a huge “Thank You” to Tim Drumm, from the Police
for giving up his weekend to come to the station.
Thanks also to Wellington Free Ambulance and
Wainuiomata Bush Fire Force.
We value our relationship with these vital services,
and will continue too build on these relationships further for
the betterment of Wainuiomata. |
