DumbartonYVS

Unit of the @fire_scot Youth Volunteer Scheme based at Dumbarton Community Fire Station. Est. 2000 🚒 @YouthScotland member group

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Fab residential for 8 YVs and 4 VYIs over the weekend @PGLTravel Dalguise 🔥
Young people pushing beyond comfort zones and challenging themselves whilst building connections and spending time outdoors ❤️ thanks @MillerHomesUK for funding to make this happen!
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[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

After brushing up on hydrant drills the past couple of weeks our Youth Volunteers carried out some pump drills this week to a fantastic standard!
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[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

YVs had a fantastic evening last night engaging with local youth & community groups, members of the @ScotParl & local elected members.
Huge thanks to @WDYouthCouncil for bringing together so many local youth organisations to showcase amazing youth work going on in WD! @SFRSYVS

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Some back to basics over the last couple of drill nights for our Youth Volunteers 🚒
Huge thanks to the on duty firefighters for coming out to supervise, allowing us to carry out hydrant drills 🔥
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[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

🚒Thursday Drill Night🚒
Continuing with RTC learning this week, including some practice with stabilisation of a vehicle 👌🏻
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[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

🚗🚒 RTC & Birthday Cake 🎂🎉
Since it’s freezing 🥶 we are focussing on RTC this month.
We also celebrated Ishbel’s 18th Birthday with cake & reflection on her time at YVS as she now ages out of the programme 😢 We have been super proud to be part of Ishbel’s journey❤️
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[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

That’s a wrap for 2024! 🎁
Last Thursday saw our final drill night of 2024, with the youth volunteers enjoying some well earned pizza & fun games 🔥
We wish all our young people and their families a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
YVS will return on the 9th January.
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[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Scenarios in December for our Youth Volunteers - putting into practice their skills from our past blocks around pumps, BA and first aid 👌🏻🔥
Also building in some new learning for our Crew Commanders around Incident Command 🚒
@SFRSYVS @UKFireCadets @abewdhq @DCO_SFRS

[@Scotfire_EWDAB @abewdhq]

Last week, @DumbartonYvs hosted an awareness session in support of #16Days .Discussions on gender inequality and recognising potentially abusive language/ behaviours. Thanks to WDCEDAR @caledonianSyst1 @BTP @WDCouncil Women’s Safety Support & DDWA #imagine #RailwayGuardianApp

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Huge thanks to colleagues from @wdhscp @WDCouncil @RCCGlasgow @BTPScotland and DDWA for an engaging & informative session last week with our YVs & VYIs around gender based violence as part of #16DaysOfActivism
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[YouthLink Scotland @YouthLinkScot]

Calling all youth work champions! Nominations for #YLSAwards 2025 are open! 🌟

Know a youth worker who's making a difference? Nominate them and let's celebrate their achievements.

📆 Deadline: 10th Jan!
https://t.co/AV8iekItWV

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Amazing night at the YVS Awards last night, celebrating all things YVS 🔥
Our team scooped the Well-being Award, Allan picked up Outstanding Contribution, while Aidan, Lauren and Poppy were all finalists in their categories ❤️
We are beyond proud of this team ❤️

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Great honour for our Youth Volunteers to attend the Remembrance Parade and Service at Levengrove Park today and pay their respects.
@abewdhq @SFRSYVS @DCO_SFRS @UKFireCadets

[West Dunbartonshire Health+Social Care Partnership @wdhscp]

WD for Families Hubs want to hear from parents and carers about what they would like to see offered next year. In addition to the current offer, they are hoping to offer fun and learning opportunities. Respond here: https://t.co/YXkVYxWs25 until early December. @WDCouncil

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Over the past couple of weeks our YVs have been learning how to search buildings with no visibility! 🌫️🔥🌫️
Marching practice was also on the cards ready for Dumbarton Remembrance Day parade and service to pay our respects.
Thanks to CC McLean for help with marching practice!

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

BA Shuffle practice this week for our YVs 🕺😶‍🌫️🔥🚒 this marks the start of a block learning all things BA.
@SFRSYVS @DCO_SFRS @abewdhq @UKFireCadets

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Huge thanks to WC Caddens from Fire Investigation for visiting the unit last night 🔥 an interesting input on the FI Vehicle and Fire Behaviour - we look forward to more soon!

WC Caddens is a former fire cadet and instructor at Dumbarton so it was great to welcome him back 🚒

[DumbartonYVS @DumbartonYvs]

Thanks to our YVs for some feedback last night, our instructors have been working to improve the experience so it’s valuable to see things are moving in the right direction ❤️🔥🚒

[SFRS Youth Volunteer Scheme @SFRSYVS]

Three youth volunteers from @DumbartonYvs competed in @ukroorg Festival of Rescue in Portsmouth this weekend. @UKFireCadets Casualty Care Challenge saw groups dealing with a casualty care scenario. We also saw rope rescue and vehicle extrication challenges.
Well done girls!