ON DAY 8 WE RETURN TO NEW YORK CITY AND WALK AND RODE THROUGH THE CITY AS WE HAD A CHANCE TO VIEW ALL THE SITES. A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR GERMAN JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY DO NOT HAVE SKYCRAPERS IN HAMBURG, GERMANY.
In April 2007 three Mineola Junior FD Advisors visited Hamburg,Germany. Our partnership with the FF-Stellingen Jugendfeuerwehr(Juni or Fire Department)in Hamburg,Germany continues with a visit to Mineola in July 2007 by our German comarades.
Comments appreciated,The Mineola Junior Fire Department hosted The FF-Stellingen-Hambur g Jugendfeuerwehr (Youth Fire Brigade).
What a wonderful experience to see two cultures doing the same thing firematics. They worked and played together and learned about each others culture. This was a beautiful story.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OVERHEAD PARKING GARAGES IN OUR TOWN. THE JUNIORS WERE TRAINED IN HOW TO FIGHT A FIRE IN ONE OF THESE GARAGES HAULING HOSES UP TO THE FIFTH FLOOR. A VERY EXAUSTING FEAT.
DAY 9 WAS A DAY OF SHOPPING AT THE LOCAL MALL.OUR GERMAN GUESTS WERE IMPRESS WITH OUR MALLS AND FOUND THE PRICES QUITE REASONABLE DUE TO HOW EXPENSIVE SOME OF THE ITEMS THEY BOUGHT ARE IN GERMANY. AT NIGHT WE HAD A GRAND GOING AWAY PARTY WHERE MANY LOCAL JUNIOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS,DIGNATOR IES,FIREFIGHTERS AND THE FAMILIES OF OUR JUNIOR FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE PRESENT. IT WAS A GREAT SEND OFF.
COMMENTS APPRECIATED ,ON OUR 6TH DAY WE TOOK A CRUISE AROUND MANHATTAN THEN WE WENT TO KEYSPAN PARK FOR FIREFIGHTERS NIGHT TO SEE THE BROOKLYN CYCLONES PLAY. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR GERMAN FRIENDS EVER SAW AN AMERICAN BASEBALL GAME. THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT.
In our town we have a number of overhead garages which require standpipe connections to fight mainly car fires. Some of these garages go up 6 floors. So hoses have to be carried up or pulled up from the ground level by rope.
WE WENT TO LAKE GEORGE FOR 3 DAYS AS OUR GERMAN GUESTS AND OURSELVES CAME CLOSER TOGETHER. WE CAME HOME MORE LIKE FAMILY AS OUR CULTURAL EXCHANGE CONTINUED.
the Mineola Juniors are keeping up their international reputation as Japanese Fire Officials visited the Mineola Juniors to bring back ideas for Fire Youth brigades in Japan as a way of retainment and recruitment.
