El Salvador 2015

26 February, 2015 at 12:27 pm

El Salvador Update

After arriving on Friday, the team spent the day sight seeing and learning more about El Salvador. On Saturday, We toured the Headquarters where we will spend the week training. Later in the afternoon, we visited Oasis Azul on and spent the day at the beach.

Sunday we toured a local Coffee Plantation and had lunch on the side of a local dormant volcano overlooking San Salvador. After lunch we took a drive to the top of the volcano and walked the trail up to look down inside.

Today our training with the Bomberos began and our day went really well working with 18 students with various experience. The day was finished off with Dinner at La Pampa steak house. We were joined by the Director (Fire Chief), the Sub-Director (Deputy Fire Chief) and the Vice Minister responsible for the Fire Service.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

El Salvador 2015 – Day 2

26 February, 2015 at 12:15 pm

Started off the day with a ‘traditional’ Birthday toss. The Bomberos tossed the Birthday Boy into the air 30 times…once for each year.

Training today consisted of Water Supply and Hose Lines. Hot day in the Sun but, successful none the less!

This slideshow requires JavaScript.