5th Annual EMS & First Responders Day
This past Sunday was the 5th Annual Emergency Services & First Responders day at Kings Dominion. This is an all day event where you will see fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, and other kinds of emergency vehicles lining the midways of Kings Dominion. Adults and kids can make there way from all the different displays and take tours of fire trucks, look around police cars, and watch demonstrations.
Some of the best demonstrations included the Hanover County Technical Rescue Team and Chickhominy Volunteer Fire Department. The Hanover County Technical Rescue Team demonstrated there rescuing skills by repelling down parts of the Eiffel Tower. They showed off the different skills needed to take part in a rescue that involved repelling. The Chickhominy Volunteer Fire Department had a junk car on site and demonstrated some of the challenges of extracting people who might be hurt in a car wreck.Here is a list of all the units that had displays:
Ashland Police Department
Ashland Volunteer Rescue Squad
Bensley Bermuda Volunteer Rescue Squad
Charles City Volunteer Fire/EMS
Chesterfield Sheriffs Office
Chickhominy Volunteer Fire Department
Dumfries Triangle Volunteer Fire Department
Greater Richmond Red Cross
Hanover County Technical Rescue Team
Hanover County Sheriffs Office
Hanover Emergency Communications
Hanover Fire/EMS Urban Search K-9 Unit
Henrico Volunteer Rescue Squad
Jefferson Park Fire Department
Kempsville Rescue Squad
Liberty University Police
Locust Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Manchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Norfolk Police Recruiting Team
Richmond Ambulance Authority
Southside Virginia Emergency Crew
Spotsylvania Volunteer Rescue Squad
Waynesboro First Aid Crew
Another big part of the day was the Challenge Day Competition. This is where emergency service s and first responders competed against each other to be crowned the EMS Day Challenge Champion. The over all Champion was the Manchester Volunteer Rescue Squad!
Thanks to Kings Dominion for the pictures. I forgot my memory card for my camera. Opps!
Posted at
7/24/2008 03:03:00 PM
0 Comments:
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
