November time with Manchester Fire Cadets

Since the last blog the cadets within Manchester based at S15 Wythenshawe and S16 Manchester Central Fire Stations have been very busy completing their BTEC workbooks and looking at ways the Cadet units can fund raise to go on Cadet camp during 2014. Within the last two months we have seen new cadets join both cadet units and they are very keen to learn all about the service and to learn new skills.. With November 5th only just around the corner the cadets have been busy passing on safety information to friends, family members and community members. This is a very busy time of year for the Fire Service and many incidents could be avoided through people being more careful, all the Fire Cadets in Greater Manchester want to encourage you all to visit www.safe4autumn.com but please remember to be safe and have a great Fireworks night from all at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Don't forget!!! To test your smoke alarms...... Remember 5th November 2013 for the right reasons :-)

Fire Cadets visit Urban Search and Rescue team

My name is callum and I am a cadet at Manchester central fire station. I have been going cadets for about 3 months and up to now it has been great. We have done many activity’s like car washes, selling hats at heaton park and visiting the Urban Search And Rescue Team at Whitehill Fire Station. At whitehill we did many activity’s and got told how their fire

engine works and all the equipment carried on it. We then took part in a search and rescue exercise where we were required to go in this dark place that was a tunnel especially used for search and rescue training sessions and find our way to the other side. After we had done that we got told to go back in and get any equipment off the fire truck to go and save the dummy... it was hard work but great fun!! I have really enjoyed the last three months and I would encourage loads of other young people to join.. its great :-)

Cadets attend Leadership course

Hi all My name is Lucy I am a Fire Cadet at S16 Manchester Central Fire Station. Last month through the cadets I went on the peer leadership course with another Fire Cadet, I had a fantastic time it was a great way of meeting new friends from different fire stations and to get to know more about the people from other Fire Service cadet units and a great way of learning new things. This course has taught me a lot of new things such as how to teach lessons to other children also going on this course has boosted my confidence levels a lot, me and the rest of the cadets enjoyed going out to other stations and working with breathing apparatus we had a great time, if anyone was to get a chance to go on this course I would advise them to take the opportunity because I will guarantee that they will have a great time.. :-)

Fund Raising activity for Manchester Central Fire Cadets

On the 9th August 2013 Manchester Central Fire cadets attended Asda in Harpurhey and conducted fund raising activities involving bag packing. Cadets were joined by Firefighters from Blackley Fire Station and in addition to back packing the cadets also gave Fire Safety advice to members of the public and promoted the Home Safety Check service. The day was a success and the cadets raised an impressive £450, the money raised has gone to the charity Retrack which offers assistance to community members abroad and to the family of Firefighter Stephen Hunt. Fund raising is a very important part of cadet life and this has been the sixth occassion the cadets have taken part in an activity to raise funds to help others, they are currently planning the next project which will be with the Red Cross. Keep checking back in on the blog over the next few months as Manchester Cadets units are very busy with other exciting activities.. :-)

Fire Cadets Manchester - Community Activities

Hi all,

My name is Alex I am 15 years old and I’m a Fire Cadet at S16 Manchester Central.

As Fire Cadets we do different events with Greater Manchester Fire Service, we did an event at the Velodrome at Eastland’s. At this event we asked different members of the public if they had smoke alarms in their house, and if they knew their escape route if they had a fire, if they didn't have smoke alarms we offered them a free Home Fire safety check. We also sold pink and yellow helmets for children to wear, the money we collected from the helmet selling we gave to two charities, one was called Manchester Burn’s Camp and the other one was called The Fire Fighter’s Charity.

We also did the St Georges Day Parade. We got to meet a lot of new people as well as offer Fire Safety advice to members of the public. We also raised money for Help for Heroes. It was a good day and everyone had fun.

We are also planning more events for the future to help out in the community.    

Cadet blog- fire cadets

Hi all

My name is Jason I am 16 years old and I am a Fire Cadet at S15 Wythenshawe Fire Station, as a fire cadet we all complete different activities that work towards our BTEC Award and Asdan qualifications, we have completed some training on the drill yard where we have pitched ladders to the drill tower, run out lengths of hose all very very similar to the training completed by Firefighters. We also do team working and communication skills and have learnt First Aid skills.

We are now going into our second year in the fire cadet programme and their is so many different activities and demonstrations we can get invovled in, we have also recently been taken to Manchester airport fire station where we got to look around the fire engines and station and meet the crews.

Stay tuned for more cadet news very soon.

S15 Wythenshawe Fire Cadets    

Manchester Fire Cadets

Greetings from all at the Manchester Fire Cadet units..

We have now finished our summer leave from Cadets and are now back in on stations once a week for drill night. Since coming back we have been very busy doing ladders, knots and lines and hose running.. which has been great as we have been able to spray each other with water to cool us down in this summer weather :-) :-)

The next few months we are also busy working towards the completion of our BTEC Award at Manchester Central and starting our BTEC certificate, we are also very much looking forward to visiting our colleagues at Whitehill Fire Station where our Urban Search and Rescue Team (USAR) are based. The USAR team are there to respond to various major incidents and have been overseas to various countries including Haiti to assist with rescue operations.

We are also planning to raise money for charity this month and have decided to do bag packing at Asda this will be to raise money for the Family of Firefighter Stephen Hunt who tragically lost his life whilst attending a fire in Oldham Street, Manchester on the 13th July 2013.
Money raised from the bag packing will also go towards a charity that Blackley Fire Station are involved in which will see a few firefighters from Blackley going abroad to help others in need.

So.... a busy, busy few weeks

Please remember that the Fire Cadets are always looking for new people to join...

Wythenshawe Fire Station run their cadet unit every Tuesday from 1815- 2015
Manchester Central Fire Station run their cadet unit every Wednesday from 1830- 2030    

if you are interested in joining or would like some more information please contact:-
Lewis Jeffery on 0161 6085314 or 07817 602538 you can also email me on:- jefferyl@manchesterfire.gov.uk

Manchester Central Fire Cadets - experience cadet rIde out

Fire cadets experience many different types of activities during their time as part of the scheme, one experience that the cadets from Manchester Central Fire Station experienced recently was a cadet ride out.

On Saturday 22nd June 2013 eight of the cadets who are about to start the second year of the scheme completed a shift at the fire station from 1600- midnight.
During the shift the cadets experienced what it was like to work on a Fire Station and completed various key activities, they completed prevention work around the Crumpsall and Harpurhey areas of Manchester this involved talking to members of the community about fire safety, offering Home Safety Checks including the fitting of free smoke alarms where required.
They also completed some training on the drill yard where they pitched ladders and they run out lengths of hose all very similar to the training completed by Firefighters, all of the activity completed so far has two key skills that the cadet scheme bring out in young people, Communication and Team Work both are very essential to completing any task within the Fire Service and the cadets demonstrate this very well.

In addition to the cadets completing the above duties they also had the added experience of attending incidents within the Greater Manchester area that the service may have been required to attend.... On this particular night the cadets unfortunately did not attend any incidents, this was due to their being no real incidents to attend during this time period.. Although unfortunate for the cadets as it would have been great for them to see all that training we do and the skills they have learnt and how we put this into practice during an incident. On the plus side the lack of incidents demonstrates that the work completed by the service to prevent the incidents from occurring is definitely working, everyday more and more members of the community request Home Safety checks which not only give you valuable Fire Safety advice, is is also a free service!!! :-)

By the end of the shift the cadets had experienced all that happens on a Fire Station and also had given them a very good insight into all the roles played in Prevention, Protection and Response within Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue.

Anyone who would like a Free Home Safety Check please contact 0800 555 815 or visit our website at www.manchesterfire.gov.uk

Welcome all to Manchester Cadets

Greetings!!

Welcome to the new Fire Cadets blog currently being completed within the Manchester area.

The Fire cadets have been with Greater Manchester Fire Service for a good few years though within Manchester they are a new unit.

At the moment we currently have two schemes within Manchester these units work out of Manchester Central and Wythenshawe Fire Stations.

The cadets attend each scheme once a week for a few hours where they will learn Practical and theoretical aspects of the Fire Service, they also take part in numerous community events so far this year the cadets have attended the St Georges Day Parade, Manchester Day Parade and took part in fund raising initiatives for the Fire fighter's Charity and Operation Florian.

One of the good things about the cadets is...... its free!!!

Are you age 14- 16 and would like to know more about the cadets please see the following link:-  http://vimeo.com/channels/gmfrs#/channels/gmfrs/58455631


If you are still interested after seeing the video clip and would like some more information please contact
Lewis Jeffery on 0161 6085314/ 07817 602538 or email jefferyl@manchesterfire.gov.uk


Please visit over the next few months for blogs from the cadets on recent activities including The Cadet Ride out and the trip to Manchester Airport. :-)

Welcome to our blog

Hello world! We want to tell you about a fantastic programme Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service runs for young people - cadets.

Please visit this page again soon, as we're going to be introducing you to the cadet scheme and posting updates about our activity.