Translated from French: On Sunday, the Cannes firefighters take over the Pantiero for a free discovery day
Vehicle extrication and forest-fire demonstrations, first-aid workshops and fire engines to see up close: the Cannes firefighters invite the public on Sunday 18 October, from 10 am to 6 pm, on the Esplanade Pantiero.
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They are swapping the flashing lights for a moment of exchange with the public. This Sunday 18 October, the Cannes firefighters set up on the Esplanade Pantiero for a large discovery day, free and open to all, report Cannes Actus and Monte Carlo Living. From 10 am to 6 pm, visitors will be able to approach the response vehicles and take part in practical workshops with professionals from the Alpes-Maritimes departmental fire and rescue service, the SDIS 06.
The event is organised by the Amicale des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Cannes, with the participation of the SDIS 06, Monte Carlo Living specifies. Among the operational trucks, visitors will discover the fire engines and the rescue vehicles, and the diversity of the missions firefighters carry out every day across the Cannes area.
Extrication, forest fires and the nautical brigade
Several exercises will punctuate the day, according to Cannes Actus: simulated vehicle extrications after road accidents, forest-fire fighting demonstrations and drills by the young firefighters. If the day’s callouts allow, the nautical brigade will even offer a demonstration at sea.
The programme carried by Monte Carlo Living gives the times of the highlights: a cooking-oil fire extinguishing demonstration at noon, the extrication at 2.30 pm and the forest-fire fighting at 4.30 pm. Three fixed points that make it easy to plan a visit, especially with the family, between the workshops spread across the esplanade.
Learning the gestures that save lives
The day also focuses on passing on skills. Various interactive workshops will let children and adults alike handle a fire hose or learn the gestures that save lives with the first-aiders, Cannes Actus notes. Enough, perhaps, to spark vocations among the youngest visitors.
Admission is free from 10 am to 6 pm. Refreshments and a food area will be available on site, both titles indicate, to extend the Sunday on the port of Cannes, while the street sale is still in full swing in the city centre and the weekend’s events continue.
