Avon Fire & Rescue Service does a lot of work around
road safety, below you can find out all about the 'RoadSkills'
course we offer, with further road safety information
coming soon.
What is RoadSkills?
RoadSkills is Avon Fire & Rescue Service's
(AF&RS) hard education package. It highlights the
most common actions of drivers, passengers, motorbike riders and
pedestrians that cause, or contribute to, the increasing numbers of
people who are killed or seriously injured on our roads.
The presentations are designed to reach out to recognised groups of
people in our communities who are at the most risk of being
killed or seriously injured when involved in a Road Traffic
Collision (RTC).
We deliver this educational package because of the
devastating impact RTCs have on the communities we serve. This is
in terms of direct or indirect loss of life, together with the
direct impact on AF&RS in terms of:
·
responding to RTCs is a drain on resources and directs them
away from community safety work, including the strategy to reduce
RTCs;
·
placing firefighters and the community at risk every time we
respond to a RTC; and
· the
profound effect on our workforce and their families following
attendance at a RTC where a young person has been killed.
Our objective is to reduce the numbers of people killed
or seriously injured on the roads within our
communities.
This objective supports The Fire and Rescue Service Act 2004,
which provides the first significant changes in the law on the
operation of the fire and rescue service. The act includes a number
of different provisions that enable the fire and rescue service to
work with each other, and with other partners, to deliver their
services flexibly more efficiently.
How to book a RoadSkills presentation:
If you would like further information or you wish to book a
RoadSkills presentation, please contact the fire stations
appropriate to your unitary area:
BANES Bath Fire
Station 01179262061 extension 8120
Bristol Speedwell Fire
Station 01179262061 extension 8110
N.Somerset Weston-super- Mare
Fire Station 01179262061 extension
8180
S.Gloucestershire Patchway Fire
Station 01179262061 extension 8040