Rescue Services Open Day

The open day has been advertised here for the last couple of weeks, and I have been hoping that I would have the day off to be able to attend along with my son.
Well the day arrived and I was off work, so I took my son round to the open day a little later than planned due to having to go to do the food shopping with the wife. We arrived too late for the river rescue, but were able to walk around the Fire, Police, ambulance and Mountain Rescue bases. Kendal Mountain Rescue had a display of all their equipment that they need to take on any rescue including stretchers climbing gear etc. they had a young volunteer getting his leg put in and inflatable splint.
My son was interested in the Fire Service more than anything else. We had a walk around the fire station and watched the Fire service do a rescue display along with the Ambulance service. I didn’t realise the amount of effort and hard work that the Fire Service actually have to put in on any given rescue. They do a great job and I feel safe in the knowledge that they are there should I ever need them.
The next thing that we had a look at was the Bay Search and Rescue vehicles. These are used in Morecambe bay to get across the quick sands that are in the bay. The vehicles on display were used when the Chinese cockle pickers were caught out with very fast rising tides a few years back. We went for a walk around the other vehicles that were on display, when my son caught sight of a police motorbike, which he made a beeline for. We had a chat with the police officer and he got to sit on the bike.
This was a great day out and would recommend that if you get a chance to go to one of these types of events that you should go along and see the work that the Emergency Services do.