25 July 2022
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF)’s Fire and Rescue Service has received new firefighting equipment from the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
The essential equipment, worth about SBD$280,000, includes firefighting boots, gloves, torches, hoses, hose branches and a generator. The gift from the AFP is intended to help the RSIPF when responding to fire, rescue and hazardous material incidents.
Inspector Gary Power, who is providing advisory support to the RSIPF’s Fire and Rescue Service under a secondment arrangement between the AFP and the Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW), delivered the gift. RSIPF Commissioner, Mostyn Mangau, received the equipment on behalf of the Fire and Rescue Service.
“We are pleased that officers in the Fire and Rescue Service will now have new firefighting boots and gloves that are important in protecting them from extreme temperatures,” Inspector Gary said.
He said the AFP is also delivering a new generator to help the Fire and Rescue Service with lighting during firefighting operations at night.
Inspector Gary said he hopes the equipment will improve the work efficiency of the RSIPF Fire and Rescue team. For instance, the new hose branches will enabled efficient use of water in confined compartment firefighting.
He said the equipment will enhance the readiness of the RSIPF in safely responding to future fire, rescue and hazardous material incidents.
The RSIPF Commissioner, Mangau, thanked AFP and the FRNSW for providing important equipment to their Fire and Rescue Service.
He also encouraged officers of the Fire and Rescue Service to take good care of the equipment and use them properly in their work.
Source: RAPP Media and Solomon Times On Line.
Comment.
I am pleased to read that the RSIPF has been given help with essential fire fighting equipment and supplies of fire fighting protective gloves, boots, torches and hose branches, as well as a generator.
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service has more than a 25 year history of helping the fire services in the Solomon Islands and during my time in office as the SI Commissioner of Police, I was grateful to have been given fire fighing uniforms and equipment from the then Commissioner of the New South Wales, and thanked him accordingly.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
