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‘Ambassador’ role into theGraduate programme
at the levels of Assistant Commissioner and
Deputy Assistant Commissioner and Group
Manager, to support the Top Management
Group within London Fire Brigade at
prestigious events and be the ’youth voice’ for
the development of the Fire Cadet programme.
With the help of one of our partners CVQO, we
have started to develop the ‘Volunteer Leader’
role, to enable some of our volunteers to lead at
their own Cadet units if they want to, and gain an
Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)
nationally recognised qualification for the role
that they perform. 2016 also saw London Fire
Brigade celebrating its 150th year supporting
and protecting the communities of London. As
such, numerous key events have taken place
across London to celebrate this milestone, and
the Fire Cadets and volunteers have played
a huge role in the delivery of these events
representing the Brigade fantastically.
For the first time this year one of our original
Cadets that joined us aged 15 when the
volunteer Fire Cadet programme first started in
2013, has now commenced training to be an
LFB Firefighter. Well done to our trailblazer and
an amazing young man, Jack Luscombe!
FIRE CADETS
LONDON FIRE BRIGADE
FIRE CADETS – A YEAR IN
REVIEW
Reflecting back over the last year, everyone
at LFB Fire Cadets would all agree that it has
been equally exciting as it has been challenging
for everyone involved in the programme. We
have made some huge leaps forward in terms
of the partnerships that we have developed
with other agencies and organisations, and
the incredible support and sponsorship that
we are receiving from our new ‘friends’ has
enriched the programme further and allowed us
to develop new ideas and future plans. These
collaborations are an integral part of securing
the future of LFB Fire Cadets and we are
grateful to every one of our partners.
There have been some key milestones over the
past year that we are extremely proud of:
We now have 12 Fire Cadet units located
in different boroughs across London.
We have 149 young people aged between 14-17
completing their initial year as LFB Fire Cadets.
We have 52 ‘Graduate’ Fire Cadets
completing their 2nd or even 3rd year
with the programme as peer educators;
We have a growing pool of over 100 adult
Volunteer Cadet Instructors from within
London Fire Brigade and from the local
community helping us deliver the programme.
We have further developed the ‘Graduate
Fire Cadet programme’ so that our Graduate
Cadets can achieve a second BTEC
qualification during their time with us,
We have an impressive diversity record with
42% of our young people and 27% of our adult
volunteers on the programme being female.
We are embedding a new Fire Cadet
Jess Patten
Deputy Youth Engagement Manager
.
London Fire Brigade
LFB Cadets in front of National Firefighters
Memorial & St Pauls