The Kent Fire and Rescue Service community volunteer scheme is celebrating its second anniversary and is looking for additional enthusiastic and dedicated recruits to join the team. The scheme has 47 volunteers who contribute their time, energy and skills to undertake a range of directed community safety activities, unpaid and of their own free will, on behalf of KFRS. Volunteers support both the KFRS dedicated community safety team as well as stations throughout Kent and Medway. They do not carry out any operational fire safety duties but instead assist in engaging with the community to promote safety awareness and the services which the organisation offers. Tasks vary, from attending community safety events and promoting home fire safety and road safety messages, to working with partner agencies to highlight outdoor spaces that are at risk of fire. In rural areas some volunteers are involved with the identification of water hydrants, reporting back to KFRS water services team. KFRS community volunteers are of all ages and from all walks of life � an element that Volunteer Coordinator Karen Garrett says makes their ability to contribute to the organisation and its preventative work even greater. "I am constantly amazed by the amount of time our volunteers are willing to give up, as well as their limitless enthusiasm and interest in what the organisation does. I have had fantastic feedback from staff and now the volunteers are experienced I am being requested to provide volunteers to support station-led events so that they can continue to engage with the public if the operational staff are called away." Steve Griffiths, KFRS Director of Service Delivery said: "The KFRS volunteer network is not seen as an add-on to the essential work of the Service, but as an integral part of its efforts to achieve its goal of saving lives and reducing risk. "Volunteers are a rich source of knowledge, skills and abilities and are enormously respected and appreciated throughout the organisation." Applicants have until 31 October 2013 to apply. If you are interested in applying to become a community volunteer, please contact Karen Garrett at [email protected] or on 01622 692121 extension 6672. More information is available at: kent.fireuk.org/work_for_us/community_volunteers_scheme.aspx bit.ly/17I7BrA
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:00:03 +0000
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