Staffordshire Emergency Services Humanitarian Aid

Association

The Response

1995 to 2012

SESHAA• Founded in 1995• 1998 Registered UK Charity-No 1070739• Fire and Rescue Service, Police and

Ambulance Personnel• Members Active in Albania, Bosnia, Croatia,

Malawi, Poland, Arabian Gulf, Southern Russia, Uganda, FYR Macedonia and Kashmir.

• Provided equipment for Azerbaijan, Pakistan,Siberia, Zambia, Gambia, Iraq, Tanzania, Jamaica and Kosovo.

Bosnia 1995 1996 19971998

Bosnia Herzegovina Sarajevo City and Gracanica Town

• Assisted with Firefighting Equipment, Appliances, Training and Medical Supplies

• Transported Doctors into Sarajevo to operate on wounded from explosion and sniper wounds.

• Children's Village supplied with Smoke Detectors

Fire Safety Education and a Playground.

Malawi

1999

2000

2001

2002

Training Undertaken

• Basic course in Ladders,Pumps,Knots & Lines,& Equipment Maintenance.

• Road Traffic Extrication,with practical use of donated Clan Lukas cutting equipment.

• Institution of Fire Engineers input for Students exams.

• Basic Breathing Apparatus Course• First Responder Training

Creation of Policy

• Recruitment and Retention of Part time and Female Firefighters

• Community Fire Safety Sponsorship

• Non Emergency Special Service Call Strategy

• Establishment of Training and Work Routine

• Union Representation.

2003 to 2004

SESHAA members were involved in providing equipment to

Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Siberia, Ghana, Gambia,

Zambia and Iraq and the sponsorship of IFE Students in

Malawi, Africa.

 

Poland,2005 2006 2007

Assistance for;

• Fire Service

• Schools.

• Day Care Centre

• Kindergarten.

Equipment Supplied

• Firefighting Protective Clothing.• Small Gear.• RTC Extrication Equipment.• Breathing Apparatus.• Computers.• Gym Equipment.• Furniture.• Toys, Games, Playground Equipment.

Training Undertaken

• Breathing Apparatus Training.

• RTC & Vehicle Extrication Training.

• Medical Trauma Training.

• Water Rescue Familiarisation.

Uganda 2008

• Kampala, Impigi, Gulu, Sudan Border.

• Water Project.• Aids Hospitals.• Hope North, Boy

Soldier Project.• Provision of

Firefighting Capability.

Jamaica 2009One Fully kitted Fire Appliance "Donated to the people of Vere, South Clarendon, Jamaica.

The follow up visit will take place in 2012 when the proposed new Fire Station has been built to house the Appliance.

FYR Macedonia,2009 2010

Training Undertaken

• Road Traffic Collision Interservice Cooperation.

• Casualty Trauma Training (FPOS).

• Casualty Extrication.

• Emergency Response Call Handling.

Kotli, Jammu and Kashmir

• Initial request for assistance from Jammu via Kashmir ex pats living in Stoke upon Trent .

• Pre work undertaken although visit delayed due to security situation.

Jammu Kashmir 2011One Fully kitted Fire Appliance "Donated to the people Of Jammu Kashmir as part of phase 1 of a proposed three year project.

Training and Research Team awaiting confirmation of dates for flights in early 2012.

Bangladesh 2012February 2012 three members of SESHAA flew out to Dhaka Bangladesh on a research project for the BESAFE Charity the Project could result in a three year cooperation between the two charities to undertake Community Safety Projects in both Bangladesh and Bangladeshi Communities in England

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