S3 Fire Reach

This year’s Fire Reach programme has been another success story for some of our S3 pupils. The 6 girls attended during the week 13-17th January and the 6 boys during the week 20-24th January. All our participants always enjoy and take a great deal from their time at Coatbridge Fire Station.

During their time there they learn valuable fire safety skills, team building, self discipline,communication skills, health and safety awareness, first aid skills, problem solving skills, leadership skills, citizenship and also life-saving skills. The Fire Reach team cram a tremendous amount of experiences into one week and the pupils always come back with a very positive opinion of their week with the Fire Service. The pupils were awarded the Fire Skills Employability Award and a National 4 Certificate in basic First Aid.

The Fire Reach Programme is a great opportunity within the North Lanarkshire community and we hope to continue our involvement in the programme for years to come. Our pupils who achieve their awards this year are:

The girls: Laura Dolan, Iona MacKenzie, Caitlin McLaughlin, Mia McLaughlin, Emiliy Orifij and Aynjil Whitelaw. The boys: Jack Brown, Jake Fiddler, Thomas Hutchison, Mark McGowan, Sam McGuigan and Callum O’Reilly.