Scouts from 2nd Nailsea, 2nd Cricklade, 1st Bourton-on-the-Water and Rodborough Groups participated in a live fire demonstration from Chubb Fire Training officer Andy Hicks

Cirencester Fire Station played host to a party of over 48 Scouts, visiting the station to complete their Chubb Fire Safety badge

21st February 2008

On Thursday 21st February Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service’s Cirencester Fire Station played host to a party of around 48 Scouts, visiting the station to complete their Chubb Fire Safety badge with a live fire demonstration.

The badge requires Scouts to understand what causes a fire, how to call the Fire Brigade, how to understand fire blanket and extinguisher usage, as well as fire safety for the home.

Scouts from the 2nd Nailsea, 2nd Cricklade, 1st Bourton-on-the-Water and Rodborough Groups participated in a live fire demonstration from Chubb Fire Training officer Andy Hicks, in order to complete their badge qualification.

To date, more than 50,000 Scouts have received the Chubb Fire Safety Badge, making it one of the most popular of all scouting badges. Chubb Fire has recently renewed its three-year sponsorship deal with The Scout Association, including the provision of new educational literature and posters, to more than 7,200 local Scout Troops across the UK, as well as practical help from the company’s nationwide network of offices and engineers.

Andy Mitchell, Chubb Fire’s Sales and Marketing Director, explains: “Our expertise in the field of fire safety means that we can really offer The Scout Association some practical assistance in running the scheme. Each year our engineers service over four million extinguishers in the UK and we are keen to get involved in working with the Scouts and the community on a local level.”

Andy added: “The importance of fire safety simply cannot be emphasised enough, it is a sad fact that over 18,000 people are injured, or killed each year in fires in the UK, which very often are preventable. The Fire Safety Badge offers the Scouts some invaluable advice on fire prevention, fire detection and escape routes should a fire break out, so it is great to see so many young people participating in this badge, and hopefully taking away some vital knowledge to help keep them safe from fire in years to come.”