Page 44 - Cadet Review Summer 2023

HSY ACF
Life saving skills
put to the test
By SSI Donna Nixon
On Saturday 22nd April all five Companies descended upon the tranquil quiet of CTC Driffield with teams from each Company competing against each other in this year's First Aid Competition.
The day started off with individuals taking part in various First Aid Scenarios to gain points for their respective teams. After lunch they then proceeded onto Team Scenarios dealing with various adult casualties, with all the teams performing well.
Colonel Fred Owen, Commandant said: "The cadets worked through scenarios as individuals and as a team, treating trauma, medical emergencies and non-breathing casualties. The cadets demon- strated brilliant incident management, leadership and teamwork. Their casualty management and treatment is excellent”
The day ended with Colonel Owen presenting awards to the winners. The Best Team was awarded to C Company, Best senior Team; B Company, Best Individual; Cadet Violet Allen (C Company), and Overall winners; C Company. The C Company team consisting of Cdt Violet Allen (Corps of Drums),
Cdt Maddison Head (Corps of Drums), L/Cpl Taylor Jefferies (Corps of Drums), and L/Cpl Jacob Sherratt (Mexborough) will now go on to represent the county at Brigade Level.
These competitions only run with the hard work and dedication of the Adult Volunteers and cadets who come along to help as casualties - so a massive thank you to all those who make events like these possible; including the very talented team of SSI Sara Grundy and SI Hayley Fallis who produced the gruesome looking (thankfully fake) injuries for the competition.
Col Owen said of the competition and First Aid skills: "It was an absolute delight to be able to recognise our young cadets for their achievements. First Aid is a life skill that you take home, into your community and into the workplace. To learn and administer first aid to someone in a time of need, often with other dangers present is the best example of selfless commitment. Time and time again young people respond as rescuers where some adults stand by. These cadets are real heroes and I extend my heartfelt gratitude to them all for being wonderful young people with lifesaving skills."
44 CADET REVIEW SUMMER 2023
OF FLOOD AND FIRE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
By Lt Liz Field
Over the winter months Grimsby and Waltham Detachments were working hard progressing through the Community Engagement syllabus from Basic to Four Star.
They've recently been putting some of their learning into practice and had some fantastic community engagement visits and activities, arranged by Staff Cadet CSM Erica Taylor, who independently identified the need and has been applying her community engagement learning to safely plan and lead on volunteering and events with support from her detachment staff.
Being in a coastal region, flooding and safety on the water were a real theme for Grimsby and Waltham community engagement. The cadets have learnt about local plans, what to do in the event of flooding and
other emergencies, how they can be prepared and help other people in emergencies, and what safety considerations they may need to think about when planning and attending volunteering activities.
The RNLI visited Grimsby detachment and shared with the cadets some insights into the amazing work done by this volunteer organisation, and taught cadets about safety on the water and their campaign 'Float to Live'.
Almost 50 cadets and adult volunteers were welcomed by Humberside Fire and Rescue over two nights to their Peaks Lane Station, where they learnt about the vital role played by this emergency service in the local community and wider area. The visitors were
treated to demonstration and learning about some of the fire service safe systems of training, such as how to check and clear
a burning building, what equipment
the fire service use and how, what kind of emergencies they are involved in and how their control room works . The cadets got hands on with some thermal imaging equipment and even got to try out some of their learning by rescuing training dummies. They had
a great time and everyone was really engaged with the visits.