Skegness Fire Service Charity Ladder Climb
Written by Angela Gooch on February 11th, 2008 in Charity Fun.
Skegness Fire Service Climb Ladder 160 Times for National Sport Relief
local news story date 15th July 2006
Skegness fire fighters took part in the Sport Relief Day today. This is a national event which aimed for 16,000,000 miles to be walked by fund raisers across the country, each participant walking one mile.
The Skegness Fire Service chose to ‘walk’ their miles up and down ladders.
They began at 9am this morning, erecting two ladders on the face of the Co-Op store on Lumley Road, Skegness.
Skegness News on Video caught up with fire fighter, Steve Ives, who explained what was going on.
Steve explained that each of the fire fighters, men and women alike, had to climb the ladder 160 times to achieve their mile.
He added that the Fire Service were also promoting community fire safety. They were inviting members of the public to have a home fire risk assessment. This involves the fire servicemen visiting individual homes to look for possible fire hazards.
Steve added that the fire service were doing a recruitment campaign. He appealed to anyone in the local area who may be interested in becoming a fire fighter, male or female, to get in touch with Skegness Fire Station.
Photo left: Two of the Skegness Fire Service team take their turn climbing the ladders.
The fire fighters certainly attracted lots of attention in the main shopping area of Skegness, and many of the shoppers and holidaymakers were dropping money in the collection buckets!
The Skegness Fire Service’s Ladder Climb raised £2682.20 for National Sport Relief.
A spokesman for the Skegness Fire Station said it was “a good effort by all involved”.
Special thanks to the Skegness Fire Service for their co-operation in making this video.
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