EMERGENCY SERVICES ROADSHOW

The emergency services roadshow was a major success where the emergency services came to the school and told the 5th and 6th about the work, they do to keep us safe. They also let the infants watch them make their grand entrance and had the 5th and 6th salute them as if they were training to be Gardai and let them go to different stations demonstrating the work they do and the equipment they use. Unfortunately, the firefighters were unable to come because they had an emergency elsewhere. However, Garda Shane and the other emergency services were able to come and show the children all the equipment they use to keep everyone safe. Now we will dive deeper into the Riot Police. The riot police are more heavily equipped compared to the normal Gardai with a larger pepper spray, stronger baton with a spare baton and a riot shield because they have to deal with more ferocious and aggressive threats, unlike the regular Garda. Now we will tell you about the ambulance and the civil defence. The civil defence are a group of volunteers that operate the ambulance and the water safety group by saving people from vicious river currents and bringing people in the ambulance to the hospital if they are seriously injured but if the injury is minor, he will treat them themselves with the medical supplies onboard which they showed to the children. Finally, they also showed us how to throw a buoy to save drowning people and how to carry an injured person on a stretcher. In conclusion, it was a great learning opportunity for us, and it was very awesome when they left with their sirens blaring.

By Adam Topp & Joey Kavanagh