Glencairn Firewise at Navy Festival
A belated – but most sincere THANK YOU!! for stepping up at short notice to assist at our Firewise stand at the Navy Festival!
It was excellent to have your presence at our stand – to speak up for “Firewise”… together we managed to fill two pages of signatures of Firewise interested folk - and some who would like to see their own communities getting involved.
A number of those who signed up were from the Far South… and some as far a field as Wellington. They will all be contacted, through Firewise and hopefully get their own areas changing before fire hits their neighbourhoods in the next season.
The Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) ended up being the major part of our stand – which made us look so professional! – they have lots of marketing material and had an excellent team on duty for both Saturday and Sunday – they filled out 4 1/2 pages of signatures for new Firefighter recruits for the coming training season. They had their first introductory meeting for new recruits on Wednesday where they had a whopper turnout of over 60 people – many who came from the Navy Festival.
The success of our involvement (although arranged at the very last minute) suggests that we will be involved with it again, next year. The VWS are keen to have an even greater presence next time, but that is still to be worked out.
Here are a few pics for those of you who didn’t see us in action… and for those who did – for a huge pat on the back!!!
Our combined VWS and Firewise stand (initiated by Glencairn Fire Watch – GFW)
Geoff Brundrit working alongside the VWS – doing his bit for Firewise
Here, Julie takes her turn – wearing our newly produced Firewise/Glencairn Fire Watch bibs
And a young enthusiast also stepped in for GFW and was a real trooper - my eldest son who is almost 8 years old
Our smallest mascot who just had to get a look in.
Thanks again for your help!!
Warmest,
Clare
Clare Roy
Chairperson
Glencairn Fire Watch
021 781 0942