Girls fire and emergency services camp 2018

The inaugural Girls Fire and Emergency Services (GFES) Camp was held at YMCA Camp Yarramundi on the heritage-listed Grose River in the Hawkesbury Valley, NSW.

The camp ran for 7 days and girls participated in a full-on and fun timetable of theory and practical lessons on: 

• fire science

• storm and tempest

• trauma classes

• extinguishing simulated fires

• taking part in ‘rescues’

• abseiling

• raft building

One the last night, the girls went on an overnight hike.

The girls fire camp program

The camp timetable was a mix of theory and practical classes. 

Day 1

Introduction, ice breakers, crew allocations, equipment relays, safety and manual handling class, fire and emergency sector class.

Day 2

Fire science class, kitchen fire simulator using hose and hydrant, cave maze rescue.

Day 3

Wildfire class, low and high ropes, knots and ladders.

Day 4

Storm and tempest class, YMCA bushcraft survival class, raft build initiative, community safety presentations.

Day 5

Road crash rescue and trauma forum, abseiling, search and rescue class, overnight camp.

Day 6

Return hike to Yarramundi, preparation for afternoon activity - an AFAC/YMCA/NSW Ambulance multi-agency exercise, graduation.

Day 7

Program debrief, depart 11am.