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Fire safety advisors team up with mobile library 7 September 2010 IoM Fire and Rescue Service’s Community Safety advisors are teaming up with the Department of Education and Children’s Mobile Library service to visit sections of the Island’s community that they may not otherwise reach. Starting September 21st - 24th and then three weeks later October 12th - 15th firefighters will accompany the Mobile Library team around the Island. | | Sub Officer Peter Killey said: ‘Chief Fire Officer Brian Draper is very keen to target this area of the community. The idea is we will be available to anyone who wants to take advantage of a free Home Safety Visit or just to have a chat about any general safety advice that is relevant to them. ‘Furthermore. the Department of Education and Children’s Mobile Library service visit people that are housebound on a monthly basis and to this end they are keen to promote our services to these more vulnerable members of our community.’ |
Home Affairs Minister Adrian Earnshaw MHK welcomed the new partnership: ‘Good fire safety advice and the fitting of smoke alarms that firefighters are able to provide are key in reducing loss of life and domestic fires. I hope Mobile Library customers take advantage of this new partnership and benefit from the free information available to them.’ Minister for Education and Children Eddie Teare MHK commented: ‘By teaming up with the Mobile Library, the Fire Service will be able to give advice in an unusual setting enabling them to reach a vulnerable section of our community. I am pleased with their imaginative approach, which I am sure has the potential to benefit many people.’ Sandra Henderson, librarian-in-charge of the Mobile Library, welcomed the new partnership. She said: ‘We are pleased to be taking such vital and potentially life-saving information to many of our members who may not be aware of it by the very nature of their location. The Department of Education and Children's Mobile Library travels all over the Island covering 10 routes on a fortnightly basis as well as offering a housebound service via our Mini Mobile to those who are unable to visit a library anywhere in the Island, so we see this as a valuable partnership.’ The IOMFRS Community Safety Team are committed to making the Isle of Man a safer place to live, work and visit and are happy to provide safety advice to all householders along with fitting smoke alarms where appropriate. Free fire safety visits can be arranged by appointment. Anyone requiring fire safety advice can contact the Fire Service community safety team tel: 647303 or go to the website www.iomfire.com Photo caption:Fire safety officers celebrate a new partnership with the DEC Mobile library – aiming to reach parts of the community other campaigns haven’t reached. Pictured (left to right): Assistant librarian Sally Hardman, Chief Fire Officer Brian Draper, librarian-in-charge Sandra Henderson, Sub Officer Peter Killey, mobile library driver Fred Moffatt and Station Officer Carl Kinvig. More stories >>>
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