In this town in Calvados, footballers immersed themselves in the daily life of firefighters

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Editorial La Voix Le Bocage

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Jan 18, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

Sunday January 12, 2025, Vassy rescue center (Valdallière), in Calvados, welcomed 15 members of the Football Club Inter Bocage (FCIB) from Vassy.

The senior team was present with David Renouf, the club president, and some U18s. “Every year, the FCIB invites us for a friendly football matchit was a way of their reciprocate », explains Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Robert.

Footballers discovering the barracks

The morning began with a welcome time around coffee to explain how the morning had gone, then the footballers visited the barracks.

The rest of the morning took place in three parts. The players, divided into three groups, rotated on workshops run by firefighters.

Thomas Robert proposed a awareness the role of each person in the relief chain. The footballers were able to discover the interior of the emergency vehicle to victims (VSAV), and its different functions. They were able to manipulate a first aid mannequin for first aid awareness.

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Thomas Robert shows the victims the inside of the rescue vehicle. ©La Voix le Bocage

First aid awareness workshop. ©La Voix le Bocage

Eric Béchet and Fabrice Découflet presented the fire equipment : from the outfit to the ARI – insulated breathing apparatus -, and the different vehicles used in Vassy: the CCR, rural tanker, the FPT, ton pump van. Some were even able to try on fire gear.

explanation for who the tank is for — Eric Béchet and Fabrice Découflet explain how the large capacity tanker works. ©La Voix le Bocage

The last workshop was led by Brice Desdoits and Clémence Rauline. It was about discovering the firefighter recruitment sports course.

They did several exercises, with a helmet and a weighted vest, such as a race with skeined pipes (worn on the shoulders), movements while pulling weighted cans, steps, a race with loads… Via a timed course, just to challenge each other.

It's not easy to do steps with pipes, a helmet and a weighted vest. Clémence Rauline on the left and Brice Desdoits on the right — The pipes weigh their weight! ©La Voix le Bocage

Create links in the community

The morning ended with a well-deserved drink of friendship because all the participants played the game and gave the best of themselves. The aim of these exchanges is to bring the associative fabric of Vassy to life and of create a link.

A friendly and cohesive moment appreciated by all.

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