FBU Scotland - Nablus Fire Department
Training Programme 2009
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| After 9
months of fundraising and organising the Fire Brigades Union is proud
to welcome For three weeks from October through to November 2009 the 8 members of the Nablus Fire Department will be in Scotland to receive intensive training. This will consist of two weeks at the Fire Service College at Gullane, then one week based in Dundee (twin city to Nablus). This will be followed by a further week in Manchester. At the end of the programme the firefighters will return to Nablus where they will become training instructors for the Fire Department. Nablus has a population of approx 300,000 and has 72 firefighters. The visit was co-ordinated by FBU Scotland and was supported by the Scottish Government, SFSC Gullane, Lothian & Borders FRS, Tayside FRS and many others. |
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Arrival
at Gullane. PPE lent by L&B FRS |
Ahead
of the first session |
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Classroom
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Theory
discussion on Road Traffic Collision techniques |
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| Practical
session. Nablus firefighters deal with many RTC's
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Course
Photograph with SFSC Instructors and Ken Ross - lead organiser FBU |
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Class
of 2009! |
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Wednesday
28 October. Visit to the Scottish Parliament |
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Meeting
with Pauline McNeil MSP, chair of the cross-party group on Palestine |
Presentation
of gift on behalf of the Mayor of Nablus |
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With Pauline
McNeil and the Minister for Community Safety, Fergus Ewing |
A visit
to the debating chamber |
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Fergus
Ewing is thanked for his assistance in facilitating the training opportunities. |
Presentation
from Nablus Fire Department |
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Ewing is presented with the Key to the City of Nablus by Shamseddin
Abughazaleh. A gift from the Mayor of the City. |
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Fergus
Ewing with Nablus Firefighters |
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Firefighters
with Margaret Curran MSP, John Duffy and Roddy Robertson |
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Relaxing
In Edinburgh |
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Back
to work
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The
skills learned during the week at put together in the form of a combined
exercise.
Here the crew have created space to work and are about to remove the roof from a vehicle (left) And have moved the casualty onto a spinal board for removal and onward journey to hospital (right) |
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The
end of a hard week and time to relax by the sea. This is the first time
any of the firefighters have been to the seaside.
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In the
FBU Scotland offices |
With friends
form the Cuba Solidarity Campaign |
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A Walk
up Buchanan Street, Glasgow |
With the
pipes and drums |
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The highland
drummers |
A Visit
to watch Celtic V Kilmarnock |
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After
the match with John McFadden |
Making
friends with Strathclyde Police |
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Ending
the week in a Palestinian restaurant in Glasgow.
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The
Scottish weather fails to dampen a visit to the Forth Bridge
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Next stop
- The Wallace Monument |
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The Wallace
Sword |
The view
form the top |
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At the Falkirk
Wheel (still raining) |
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