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6  Town & Around September 2022                                                 Tel: 01485 540620 email: editor@townandaround.net
       Open day at Hunstanton Fire Station


            oming just eleven days after Norfolk’s
            fire crews had battled wildfires at
       CSnettisham, Hillington and
       Brancaster, Hunstanton Fire Station attracted
       over 800 people to an open day.














        Kev Ash on the hose pipe with youngsters
                                                                   Firefighters and cadets
                                         the officer on our front cover, Rigil Kent, was
                                         the Incident Commander and the ’casualty’
                                         was one of the Cadets at Hunstanton.









         Henry Scotney (5) and PC Glen Barnes


                                                                             From left: Sarah Kimberley, Tom Collinson,
                                                                                   Dave Cleland, Rigil Kent,
                                                                                    Ro Owen and Chris Guy
                                           Shaun Reddy, pictured above left, who has
                                         been with the Ambulance Service for eighteen
                                         years said: “This is rather like the old Joint
                                         Services 999 open days showing people how
                                         we work and practice together.”



        The event followed the JESIP (Joint
       Emergency  Services  Interoperability
       Programme) principles, so in addition to the                          Firefighters Sarah Kimberley and  Ro Owen
       Fire Service crews from Hunstanton,
       Sandringham and King’s Lynn, the Police,
       Ambulance Service, RNLI Education Team
       and Coastguard were there demonstrating
       how the services work together.
        During the day there was a display by the
       Cadets, a RTC working demonstration where   Bordoli’s  Wood Fired Kitchen were on
                                         hand to provide sustenance for the crews and
                                         visitors and the raffle and cakes raised £842
                                         for the Fire Fighters Charity.
                                                                                  A reminder of the wildfires -
                                         Photos by Ian Burt and T&A            Rigil Kent at the Hillington incident
                                          Hunstanton Fire Station is staffed by on-call firefighters. These firefighters are men and
                                          women who live or work close to the station and ride the fire appliance when alerted to any
                                          fire and rescue incident. The crew consists of a watch manager, two crew managers and nine
                                          firefighters.
                                            The Hunstanton firefighters attend one training evening a week, they also commit to
                                          training courses at Bowthorpe Training and Development to enhance their firefighting skills.
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