Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

at 29/10/2009 12:00

Eleven year old Megan Moore from St Stephens Community Primary School in Launceston is celebrating after winning a competition to design a poster to help Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service raise awareness of the importance of being safe around fireworks and bonfires in advance of this year’s celebrations.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service put out a call for entries in September to Cornwall’s primary school and were amazed and delighted at the number and quality of entries submitted.

Megan’s winning design will be made into posters to be used in this year’s Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service fireworks and bonfire safety campaign. In addition, as part of the prize, Megan and her classmates will visit Flashpoint Lifeskills Centre in Bodmin later in the year to learn about fire safety in simulated ‘real life’ situations.

Chief Fire Officer Des Tidbury comments, “Megan’s eye catching and brightly coloured design is just what we are looking for. Fireworks are to be enjoyed but we need to make sure that everyone realises that they can be dangerous and should only be lit under adult supervision.”

Cornwall Council cabinet member for stronger communities Lance Kennedy says: “Who better to ask for help in promoting safety than the young people who most enjoy the excitement of fireworks and bonfire night? Megan’s design is wonderful and we are grateful to all the children who put in so much effort to produce such a high standard of entries.”

Megan said: “I’m very pleased and excited that my design has been chosen and I hope it makes people think about being safe on bonfire night. I am also really looking forward to the trip to Flashpoint."

Notes to editors:

Flashpoint Lifeskills Centre is an exciting interactive learning centre designed to cater for groups of all abilities and all ages over 5. The Centre offers the opportunity to learn about safety by experiencing risk. There are 12 scenarios on offer, each of which allows visitors to have first hand experience of confronting potentially dangerous and hazardous situations in complete safety.

www.flashpointcentre.co.uk

www.cornwall.gov.uk/fire