Fire and Rescue 101 By: Selangor #6 No comments

Remember the time when you were a kid and your ambitions were always doctor, police, fireman? or the Hong Kong drama Burning Flame that made you want to be a fire fighter? Well last Saturday, the Adventure Rangers had the chance to accomplish that dream! Okay. Not really. But we did have the chance to check out the daily life of a fireman in a fire station. Which is pretty cool!

There are altogether four fire stations in Klang situated in Kota Raja, Andalas, Pelabuhan Klang and Kapar, which was the one we visited. The tour began with a half hour briefing equipping us with basic knowledge of the organisation's structure, statistics and some real life fire and rescue examples.

Next we got a tour of the control room! This is where the calls from the public will be picked up, answered and dispatches sent out in respond to the emergencies. We were fortunate to be able to witness a live call asking for help to burn the hive of hornets! Apparently people have already been stung! Ouch.

We were also given the chance to see and touch many of the tools that firemen use during fire and rescue missions. These tools are not meant for the faint hearted! They are soooooo heavyyyy!

Here's Chicken Rice Ball aka Ranger Jia Jun trying to look cool... pulling it off??

And Ranger Bryan Tay! The tank seems to be wearing his little body instead. Time to eat more little one!

And of course, the famous water pipe fire hose! For the fire hose to work, pressure is required to push water through the hose, to expel water through the nozzle, and to lift the water up to a higher level. The usual working pressure of a fire house is 8 to 20 bar while its bursting pressure can be up to 83 bar! The surge in pressure can actually damage the hose or cause the fire fighter at the nozzle to lose control of the stream but seems like Cmdr Reuben can consider being a fireman (;

Last but not least, the moment we've all been waiting for ... 

THE SLIDING POLE!

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*A must watch funny moments of your fellow ranger friends hehe

Group shot! Here's one to wrap up the day (:

Indeed it was such an eye opening trip for all of us! Fighting fire and rescue work never come easy. Sometimes it even means to put your life on the line for the sake of others. But instead of sitting behind a safe office desk in a cold office room, these men are ready 24/7. Always ready to serve the people, ready to take us out of harm's way. They practice and drill, sweat and bleed so that they will be able to help us when we need them. In the same way, a ranger should always be READY! As our motto goes, a ranger should be ready for anything! Ready to work, play, serve, worship, live, and obey God’s Word. For there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. And we want to be ready for that. So that when chances and opportunities present itself for us to preach the gospel, help a friend or even step up to the occasion, we will be able to say yes Lord! Here i am, use me. 

Soooo that's a wrap from the fire station! (: Stay tuned for more exciting events coming your way!

xx