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Visit to Kursk as guest of Town Administration for Town day celebrations. Attendance at conference on new Volunteer
Fire Service and meeting with General Zoubkov Meeting with Anantoly Meekailovich Babenko, Regional Chief Fire Officer, to discuss details for shipment of the two Sabres.
Left - at Town Day Celebrations next to the display cabinet at the Administration Offices with gifts from the UK including Worthing and Chichester. Right - with Anatoly at Kursk Emergency Services HQ following a meeting with the General.
8th/9th August 2011 Two Dennis Sabres collected from storage in Lincolnshire and placed in FSFOR storage area Sussex. Work to prepare the vehicles and paperwork for shipping to Kursk will start week commencing 22nd. Link showing N775 OUF in service at Loughborough, Leicestershire. http://www.leicsfire.co.uk/st20p004.htm
I humbly accept this award only as recognition of all the work and support you, trustees, members and supporters have given to our project. My sincere thanks to you all. Chris Click on files below to open in PDF format
With Darren and Tim, donation of firefighting protective clothing collected and put into store. Needs to be sorted and packed ready for shipping. 29th December 2010 Recruitment drive planned for January 2011 accompanied by launch of a Face Book Page.
24th December 2010 2 Dennis Sabres close to being ready for shipping together with 1000 sets of personal protective clothing. Help will be needed early New Year, to prepare the vehicles and equipment for shipping. 6 Dennis Sabres expected to be available for a convoy around June 2011.
20th December 2010 Following a meeting at the Fire Service College. Bob Rearie, Operational Training is heading the training projects for FSFOR together with Martin Johnson, Specialist Operations. A visit to Moscow and Kursk is planned for Martin in the first quarter 2011 to advise and help with the setting up of fire behaviour training in both Moscow and Kursk. Also, to start providing co-operation and assistance to the Fire Faculty, Kursk State Polytechnic College.
8th December 2010 Visits made in June and September. Russian liaison team formed. Major progress in improved communications, organising future shipping, procurement and volunteer support from specialists especially in training, including wild fires and fund raising.
20th April 2010 Membership Scheme launched.
7th March 2009 Work of Fire Safety Friends Of Russia added
to the CFOA International Development Data Base.
6th December 2008 In response to a number of requests, we have created a 468x60 banner which can be used on your website to increase awareness of the Fire Safety Friends of Russia. Please copy the link below, and ensure that the link is made to our website front page at http://www.fsfor.org. Thanks!
16th March 2008 The three Dennis appliances entering Kursk towards the end of their long journey. Delayed by several days due to the vehicles having to change ferry at Bremerhaven and then difficulties at St Petersburg with new regulations regarding the import of the basket strainers. Unfortunately, the alternator on the G reg. played up, so that also caused some problems having to charge the batteries using another vehicle. CH.
Arrival at Station 16 & Workshops, Kursk
The three former West Sussex Dennis fire appliances reported below left Shoreham Airport this morning en route for Sheerness. With a healthy presence from the local media to report on the occasion, the vehicles set off shortly after 10:15 am. Some photos are on the Gallery page, and the BBC local news report can be viewed here. JG
4th December 2007 We have three more Dennis fire appliances almost ready for shipping. We hope to send them on their way in the next few weeks. The team are at present busy ensuring they are fit for the long journey to Kursk. Although they will go from Sheerness to St Petersburg by ship, they still have to be driven by our Russian Fires Service colleagues approximately 1223 km / 760 m. in temperatures below zero, possibly less than minus 20. So, we want to make sure they are as good mechanically as we can get them.
They will be equipped with Roof Ladders, Light Portable Pumps, Generators, Suction Hose and Strainers and High Pressure Hose Reels. They will also carry a small quantity of firefighters uniforms, helmets and spare hose. With the support and help of Shoreham Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Service, Shoreham Airport Management have very kindly provided us with undercover secure storage where we can also prepare the vehicles. Paul Smith and the Airport Fire Service Staff have also given given us fantastic practical help. We are very grateful to all at Shoreham Airport.
If you are a fire engine enthusiast and/or you find our web site and work interesting we hope you will visit our Donate page (CH)
29th September 2007 FSFOR presented a display at the West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service open day at Burgess Hill Fire Station. The informative display boards and interactive video shows were of great interest to the many visitors who stopped by. Thank you to all who supported our cause, and to our supporters and volunteers who helped out. (JG) A few photographs from the event:
Today, FSFOR had a display at the West Sussex
Fire & Rescue Service open day at Worthing Fire Station. With one of our next
batch of A few photographs from the day:
The FSFOR newsletters have now been uploaded
to our website, both in English and Russian. Please click the links below:
Newsletter 2 (Russian)
The FSFOR "roadshow" was on display at the Emergency Services Show at Hullavington in Wiltshire. This is a new area for making people aware of our work, and most visitors had not heard of us before. That was soon remedied with numerous leaflets and stickers being handed out, and a fundraising raffle for a bottle of vodka! Chris Holgate was invited onto the stage of Great Western Radio (GWR), and was interviewed about FSFOR and its work. A photograph of this interview is shown below. It was a useful day's work, with some interesting new contacts made in fire brigades that we had not spoken too previously. Thank you to the people of Wiltshire for making us feel so welcome! (JG)
See coverage of the Trust's activities on the BBC Website, firefightingnews.com and gravelroots.net
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