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20/12/2023

Firefighters urge people to take extra care around water during Christmas party season

What do to if someone falls in
If you see someone in trouble in the water:

Call 999 and ask for the fire service and ambulance. When you have made this call, shout for help from anyone who might be close by.

Never enter the water to try and save someone. This can add to the problem, even if you are a strong swimmer. We need you to be able to tell emergency services exactly where to look for the person in the water to help rescue them quicker.

If there's no lifesaving equipment nearby, look around for something to reach out to them such as a scarf or a long branch. Lie on the ground so your body is safely on the edge to avoid being pulled in.

If you fall in the water, float to live:
Relax and float on your back to catch your breath.
Take a minute. The initial effects of cold water pass in less than a minute – don’t try to swim straight away.
Try to get hold of something that will help you float.
Keep calm then call for help or swim to safety if you are able.

20/12/2023

Let’s explore some common issues around the Holidays for Firefighters, and how we can manage them this season!

Holidays for Firefighters and their family can sometimes be hard. What our littlest humans don’t understand is when a family member, particularly a close one like mom or dad, has to miss out on the holiday festivities due to work. This is especially true for our fire family, as many shift rotations call for working on the day before or day of a special event each year.

Some of the newer staff members can even work holidays every time those first few years to build up seniority. Other departments have a lottery or swap system- and lets just be honest, some firemen are just plain unlucky when it comes to time off!

So if you’re stuck in another year of Holiday rearrangements, or this is your first year on scene (check out my helpful thoughts on that first Christmas for the new fire wife), don’t sweat it. Countless other families have been in this same situation and there’s a lot that can be done to help the Christmas season go smoothly!

20/12/2023

Not all First Responders get to be at home on Christmas Day. It’s just a fact of life when you live this lifestyle! You might not have known that when you signed up- but welcome to the club! It’s different here but we love it. SO… we have manyyyyy solutions for helping family with the change in tradition and creating a new normal (even if you don’t like change.

It’s how we keep the world moving- firefighters HAVE to work on holidays because people get into accidents while traveling and some people that will not be named do some really stupid things. But, that doesnt make it easy on us family folk left at home. No, it is certainly a sacrifice when plans get changed, especially year after year. And yeah… the holidays for first responders are stressful!

20/12/2023

Upto to 50 percent off on all firefighting equipment. This offer will run today between 1 pm to 2 pm. Check out our website at www.internationalfireextricators.com to purchase.

19/10/2023

Meet our Instructor Amy Mwende explaining to her ff1 students how to do 9 basic knots using rescue ropes that are upto to nfpa 10-01 standards. She has been teaching for 2 years and she is extremely passionate about firefighting and saving people's lives and property.

19/10/2023

First aid kits are a must have for homes, workplaces, shopping malls, parks and recreational facilities and other places. But just having the tool is not enough, more and more people need to be trained in using it.

10/10/2023

Happy Utamaduni Day to all Kenyans.