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South Yorkshire Fire Brigade Help Film Production on Car Crashes
The local young stars of a dramatic new production have given the thumbs-up to a car crash horror show, aimed at cutting deaths and injuries on South Yorkshire’s roads.
Firefighters and Water
The ‘Wet 10’ is an association of Livery Companies who have a connection with water. The ‘Wet 10’ has invited members of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters to attend a debate on the 4th March (conducted under Chatham House rules). The key speakers will come from the Department of the Environment and the Met Office and will discuss “Droughts and Floods - what is happening to the weather?” Water is becoming ever more a key element in the economies of the world and in the well-being of its citizens. The Fire Services of the world are intimately involved in situations of too little water (e.g. hot blazing fires sweeping across townships in Australia) or too much (e.g. rescuing stranded people in floods). Swift access to water for firefighting and concerns about contaminated run-off from water used on fires are also issues. The “Wet 10” debates are worthy of your interest. Further details can be found at: www.wet10.co.uk.
And on the Subject of Water....
The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators (a modern company, 102nd in the precedence list and becoming a worshipful company in 2000), has asked us to contribute a few pages on the importance of water in the world of firefighting for a book project that they are promoting this year called “Reflections on Water”. Your editor has attempted to put something together for this project and a summary of that contribution will be put on our web-site when it is released.
MEMORABILIA
In celebration of 21 years since the formation of The Guild of Firefighters, a unique crystal glass to keep as a future family heirloom is available for purchase. The goblet is priced at £10.00. Please add £2.50 for postage and packing. There are only 7 left.
WCoFF ties in blue and red are available for purchase at £25 each.
Also available are
crystal glass paperweights at £10 each, Salamander lapel pins at £80 each and cuff links at £22.50 for a set.
All enquiries to Brian Eves at: brian84.eves@virgin.net.
The film ‘Collision’, was commissioned by South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue (SYFR) in 2011, after six young people died in two car crashes in the county in a matter of weeks. It was launched at Sheffield Hallam University’s Pennine Lecture theatre, and attended by the stars of the show, as well as new Police and Crime Commissioner, Shaun Wright, and Chair of the Fire Authority, Jim Andrews.
The cast, who are all aged between 16 and 20, and from South Yorkshire, are backing it to be a hit in driving home the road safety message in local schools.
Rotherham’s Tom Hadfield, who plays Sean, the driver of one of the cars which crashes in the film, said: “The makers have approached some really hard subjects, which made it hit home. It shocked me seeing how dangerous things can be, and the other factors involved in driving. It’s not just that you’re on the road – there are stories that lead to the crash.”
SYFR, which obtained funds from the South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership to commission the project, are now working with local schools to ensure as many young people in the county as possible have a chance to see the film, with the aim of improving road safety in the future.
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