A full work day, running through various training modules.
In the evening, I celebrated my cousin Robert’s birthday with the rest of my family.

Jeffrey Moore

Bombero drill this afternoon in El Salvador…

CBES held an inauguration ceremony to start our program off.  The Minister of Gobernacion was in attendance and there was a good show of media.  I counted 8 film crew and about 10 other reporters.

We went to the my family’s old coffee plantation, San Antonio El Quequeisque, escorted by my friend Federico Samayoa.  Many questions and much interest.
Drove farther up the volcano to La Pampa restaurant – one of the fancier restaurants with fantastic views.  After that, to the top of the volcano to El Bocaron, to look way down into the crater which fascinated every one.
As our agenda moved happily slower than anticipated, we did not get to go to Juayua, but everyone was satisfied with a great day.

Jeffrey Moore

We have sucsessfully arrived in El Salvador – picking up our last team member tonight at the Airport.

Today was a day of team building and getting aquainted as our team consists of Firefighters from Delta, Mission, Lion’s Bay, Nanaimo, Coquitlam, Vancouver and Whitehorse Fire Departments. Also on our team, of course, is Jeffrey Moore, Honourary Consul of El Salvador – our team’s very important Logistics co-cordinator!

Went to the CBES cuartel to give the team a tour and to make sure the equipment we requested was ready for Monday.  All was as requested.  Ana Cena and Oti were wonderful supporters and together, made sure that everything flowed as it should.  We found out that Abner Hurtado is retiring next month and he will be replaced with the very capable and supportive Sub-Director Joaquin Parada.  As all was good at the cuartel, we went for the rest of the day and evening to El Toonco beach for sunning, swimming and getting to know each other.  Some of us went for massages. We all walked on the main boardwalk in La Libertad and explored the fish market on the pier, and had dinner at the Punta Roca restaurant as we have done almost every time.

Jeffrey Moore

We all arrived in San Salvador with the exception of Kiko the day before and Mark the following day.

With just a few short days to go, and the bulk of the planning completed, Team El Salvador is excited to travel to San Salvador to work with Cuerpo de Bomberos de El Salvador once again!

For most of our team, El Salvador will be a new place on the map to visit. They will find, as others have in the past, that El Salvador is a beautiful and vibrant Country full of great hardworking people.

We look forward to the time we will spend with our Bombero friends and colleagues…stay tuned for more!

Con sólo unos cortos días para el final, y la mayor parte de la planificación completa, Equipo El Salvador se complace en viajar a San Salvador para trabajar con Cuerpo de Bomberos de El Salvador, una vez más!

Durante la mayor parte de nuestro equipo, El Salvador será un nuevo lugar en el mapa para visitar. Ellos encontrarán, como otros han hecho en el pasado, de que El Salvador es un país hermoso y vibrante lleno de grandes personas trabajadoras.

Esperamos que el tiempo vamos a estar con nuestros Bomberos amigos y colegas … estad atentos para más!