Not seen one before. Have you? This fireman is promoting Biker Down emergency training.So you know what to do if your buddy or a biker gets hurt.
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Nope not seen that before. Its nice to see that the police are finally learning that if you cant beat em join em
This is a really good 'what to do if first on scene' film Motorcycle crash - what to do - YouTube Well worth 8 mins to watch
Some good points there, such as checking the rear pegs to see if there was a pillion flung off somewhere. I carry a Crash Card in the clear pocket of my tank bag just in case ( see Essex Casualty Reduction Board | Riders | CRASH Card Scheme ) and im sure most of us keep our mobiles in our suits so that our phone is still with us.
Nice to see the fire service is not under too much financial pressure that they can buy / have a custom paint job completed on a supersports bike !
I know a couple of friends who are riders on both the Police and Ambulance side of bike riders. The Bikes with exception to the big touring type intercept bikes (which are purchased by local branches) are donated by local dealerships. The paint jobs are also supplied free of charge by the dealerships as part of a local biking partnership.
Hi all Just to set the record straight reference cost The majority of Fire Bike Teams are sponsored by local dealers, essex get all their bikes for free! Clothing is often sponsored as well. In Kent we paid for our bikes, gear and Police Training. The 4 of us on the team all took on the job as volunteers which would be done outside of our normal operational hours. The money for our equipment and machines came from a small (relative) budget given to us by the government for Community Safety Projects (I believe our costs were 1% of this small budget) This was money that could not be spent on anything other than Community Safety. Bikers make up 1% of all road users but between 17%-20% of all those Killed and Seriously injured! The Fire Service (since 2005 Fire Service Act) have a legal responsibility to carry out preventative work as well as attend RTCs. We, the Kent Team have started a course aimed at Bikers (amongst other things) which to date has seen over 450 Bikers recieve free First Aid and Accident Scene Management training, this course has started to go National with others adopting it, I do hope you now see (with some more facts made available) how vital our work is, my job is about saving lives but there is more than one way to skin a cat! (and some ways are more fun than others as well) For more info about what we do and how you can get involved visit our Facebook page, just search for Kent Fire Bike. Jim
