Ambassadors - South West
The exciting news today is that we are starting to get completed entries submitted for this year's competition. That is very good news indeed and it's thanks to you as a South West Ambassador that this is happening, so please keep up the good work. Whenever you go out and about or to a meeting, mention National Training Awards and if you would like leaflets to distribute please contact me direct and I will send them out to you.
We are also taking bookings daily for attendance at the Information sessions for Entrants which will be held all over the SW this month and next. There are currently still places at all the sessions so please encourage anyone interested in entering to come along, all the sessions are held from 12.30pm onwards with a buffet lunch included. Each session has a Winner Speaker who can describe exactly what it's like to enter and win, and we know that potential entrants find this extremely interesting and worthwhile.
Please click on this link for details of the remaining sessions in the region.
NTA UK Award Winner, Training
Provider; The Fire Service College
Putting New Life into Hazardous
Material Training
Gloucestershire's Fire Service College has revitalized its hazardous materials training, plugging a skills gap that potentially posed a public safety threat.
Too many delegates were failing the college's hazardous materials and environmental protection (HMEP) course, which was seen as uninspiring and too theoretical. That risked the possibility that there would not be enough accredited hazardous materials (hazmat) officers to maintain 24/7 operational cover at the UK's fire services, who each face up to 250 incidents a year involving fuel spillages, chemical leaks and asbestos. Ultimately the growing skills gap could risk public safety and in late 2006 it was deemed necessary to act.
