VISIT US FOR OUR NEXT OPEN DAY ON SUNDAY 12TH OF AUGUST 2007 10 TILL 4

ON SUNDAY THE 25TH OF JUNE 2006 WE HAD OUR FIRST OPEN DAY AT SOPLEY FIRE STATION  MERRYFIELD PARK BRANSGORE IN HAMPSHIRE      HERE YOU CAN SEE THE GUV JOHN WILLMOT  TAKING THE ROLL CALL FOR THE DUTY APPLIANCE

IN ATTENDANCE ON THE DAY WERE AN A F S MOTORCYCLE A GREEN GODDESS BOTH OWNED BY THE POWELL FAMILY  ALSO A CITROEN H VAN FROM FRANCE  OWNED BY THE ROLFE FAMILY

A LANDROVER 109 DISPLAYED BY DALE    A BEDFORD TK OWNED BY IAN PURDY            A BEDFORD TJ OWNED BY ALAN ANDREWS                         AND THIS SUPERB TACAR  OWNED BY ALAN ROBERTS

ROB SMITH FROM THE R N L I IN POOLE DISPLAYED A            D CLASS LIFEBOAT AND EQUIPMENT

THE CREW OF THE RETAINED STATION 52 BURLEY DISPLAYED THERE WATER TENDER AND LANDROVER AT THE EVENT

A  VISITOR TRIES ON SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE   R N L I

THE CREW OF THE DUTY APPLIANCE GET THE FIRST SHOUT OF THE DAY

THAT WELL KNOWN FIRE STARTER MARTIN POOLER LIGHTS UP THE GAS ON THE GUARD ROOM FOR THE DISPLAY

IN ATTENDANCE  THE OIC GOES TO INVESTIGATE  THE FIRE

THE CREW GETS TO WORK WITH THE HOSEREEL

THE NEXT SHOUT WAS TO A CAR THAT HAD CRASHED IN TO A BUILDING

SOME OF THE VISITORS SHOWN WATCHING THE DISPLAYS

THE CREWS GET TO WORK WITH THE JAWS OF LIFE TO REMOVE THE ROOF OF THE CAR        THE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER MR SIMON ROWLEY ATTENDED THE INCIDENT

THE ROOF IS REMOVED AND PLACED OUT OF THE WAY OF WORKING CREWS

PART OF THE WESSEX FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE FLEET                                               A BEDFORD ASTRA VAN SMALL INCIDENT SUPPORT UNIT                                                   A BMW OFFICERS RESPONSE CAR                                                    A VW LT 35 VAN OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNIT

THIS LEYLAND PUMP ESCAPE EX DORSET MADE A VERY RARE APPEARANCE AT THE OPEN DAY THANKS TO THE OWNER KEN DAVIES

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WAS AN EX LONDON FIRE BRIGADE DODGE G13 FROM FIRE AID INTERNATIONAL

A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE APPLIANCES

BURLEYS LANDROVER 110 IS SHOWN HERE WITH THE OTHER APPLIANCES 

THOMAS SHOWS US HOW TO USE THE FIREMANS POLE

HE FINALLY REACHES THE MAT AND IS READY FOR THE NEXT DISPLAY

LEIGHANNE IN FULL PPE AND BREATHING APPARATUS READY TO ENTER THE SMOKE CHAMBERS

THE POOLERS MUST OF UPSET THE PARKING ATTENDANTS AS WHEN THEY WENT TO GO HOME THERE ROOF HAD BEEN STOLEN HA HA

THE STEEL RIVERS FIRE APPLIANCE IN THE APPLIANCE BAY AT SOPLEY FIRE STATION

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE CREW ARE                                      LEIGHANNE , KELVIN , JOHN , DAVE AND DALE

AS ABOVE WITH THE NEW RECRUIT YOUNG THOMAS WILLMOTT

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AS ABOVE BUT WITH JETHRO IN THE BLUE SHIRT

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AGAIN AS ABOVE WITH THOMAS IN FIRE KIT