Raasay SFRS

Twitter account for the Raasay Community Fire Crew.

The boys are back in town.

We want to be a modern, sustainable service that is ready for the challenges of Scotland’s future, while addressing issues across our ageing estate. To achieve this there are changes we need to make. Please complete this short survey and help to shape our #FireScotFuture 🚒 ⤵️

It's a nice night for some water awareness.

Combined drills with pumps and ladders for the team last night. Always good to get out on these sunny evenings.

Tonight we had a pump from open water drill. Setting up in an awkward location for practice then using various branch techniques to extinguish our 'fire'.

Ethan participated in the first ever FireSkills course in Skye as a pupil at @PortreeHigh and went on to join his local on-call fire station! Congrats on your first shout Ethan! 👏🏻

Our first wild fire of the year was a good first call for our new recruit.

A little extra information about our newest recruit. About a month after he was born I headed off to do my week long basic fireskills course at Invergordon. Now 18 years later I'm so proud to have my son join me when the call comes in. #wearesfrs

Congratulations to our newest recruit Ethan who completed his Task and Task Management today at Invergordon Training School. Welcome to the crew!

1st day on the run for our new recruit and his first callout. Turned out to be a false alarm but Ethan was ready and eager to go.

Congratulations Ethan! Ethan participated in Skye’s first ever FIreSkills course so it’s brilliant to see him join his local on-call fire station!

@JimMoffat007 Yes, there is a set number to meet, and wearing glasses within that is acceptable.

Ever wondered what it’s like being an on-call firefighter? Of course you have! That’s why we have created an instructional tutorial on this very subject. Watch the full video at youtube.com/watch?v=yZFSjq… 🚒 🎥 🍿

That should say comfy, clearly. It's not easy typing on a phone with gloves on. 😀

Our 'casualty' got a little too confy though.

Tonight we did some RTC training with a bit of casualty handling.

Malcolm making rainbows.

We started out doing some BA training tonight but Duncan decided he wanted to make a 70s rock album cover instead.

The volunteer firefighters keeping Scottish rural communities safe - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…