Public Education Meeting

The Public Education Committee met last night and were introduced to two new members. Rachel Pollard comes to us with lots of first aid experience as she is an OFA3, EMR and CPR certified. Our next candidate is a friend of Catherine whom we have not yet received an application from but may be interested in joining. We spoke on several topics, mostly centred about what we can do to make better use of the meetings. Some new training and teaching experiences will be tried in the new year. We also spoke about the OZone which is to be held during the Olympics in Richmond. This is the place where all the atheletes and public can come and watch the giant TV screens, see live bands perform, visit Olympic Displays or go to the Heinekin House. As part of this event, the entrance to the site will feature BC Street - 15 communities from BC will showcase their towns in displays along this route. All 400,000 expected visitors will have to pass through this area to get in. One of the 15 communities will be Sooke - what an opportunity. A 20 x 40 ft booth will feature the District of Sooke for 17 days. The fire department has been asked to help build the props and displays and pub ed has offered to help. Any other firefighter wanting to work on this once in a lifetime project should let me know.