Children Learn More About Fire & Rescue
By Azaraimy HH

Bandar Seri Begawan - Over 200 kindergarten children from Stella School enjoyed various demonstrations as the Women's Operation Unit from the Fire and Rescue Department displayed their skills in fine services and rescue works.

Led by Ms Lee, the children visited the Operation `C' at the Fire Services and Rescue, Berakas Headquarters. The visit was aimed at educating the children on fire services and rescue, the bravery involved in the job and also the danger of playing with fire.

The women's operation is a newly formed unit and has begun working with their men counterparts in March 2006. The 34 personnel are under the direct command of Operation `C' commanding officer and are divided into three teams namely A, B and C.

Their works are similar to the men from extinguishing fire in various situations to rescuing and even catching dangerous animals.

Using a number of special vehicles including their main vehicle, the Light Fire Attack Vehicle (LFAV), the children watched how the women's unit worked their way into extinguishing fire at a building and rescuing survivors.

Told by the emcee "kids not to try this at home", the children were shown a demo on how fire personnel caught a dangerous animal - an over six-feet-long python. The personnel using a MPV 4 vehicle caught the serpent using a snake catcher.

The children also watched how women fire personnel descended from the top of a building using a rope with various techniques such as Normal Rippling (descending through rope) and Spiderman (descending upside-down through the rope).

They were told the techniques are used to save survivors from high-rise buildings if there is no alternative.

The women's operation unit also performed a flying fox technique, which is only used when there is no staircase. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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