Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services joins Coast Guard and Navy in announcing new Operation: This IS You! hands-on experience events for BC girls and women
Applications are now open for new Operation: This is You! events to be held in early 2018. New agency partner Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services (VFRS) will offer select females first-hand experience of a day in the life of a firefighter.
Activities include: hazardous materials decontamination, auto extrication, live fire demonstration, technical rescue with rappel from a burn tower and a heavy urban search and rescue drill. Lunch will be provided by VFRS. For more information, or to apply visit www.achieveanything.ca
The firefighting event is one of a series of hands-on experience events organized by the Achieve Anything Foundation. The free events are being hosted by VFRS, Canadian Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy and other agency partners keen on improving gender diversity within their organizations and promoting opportunities for women in what many still perceive as “non-traditional” fields
Other new upcoming events include:
- Day sail on the Navy warship HMCS Calgary – departing from Vancouver, BC Jan 29
- Canadian Coast Guard / Fisheries & Oceans Canada – SAR & Science at Sea to be held at the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney BC Feb 3
- Search & Rescue with Canadian Coast Guard – Hovercraft Base, Richmond BC Mar 31
“Coast Guard is excited to partner again with Achieve Anything Foundation,” said Joanne McNish, Regional Director Fleet, Canadian Coast Guard. “For girls and women who like working with their hands, enjoy being out on the water, or are interested in protecting our oceans, there are so many career options with the Coast Guard. Join us on February 3, 2018 to try your hand at some of mariner skills you’ll learn and see what we have to offer. You are going to be amazed!”.
For more information please check it out at https://www.achieveanything.ca/