Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yesterday the Gladstone PCYC held Gladstone's first Emergency Services Day. The event was an enormous success, with an estimated 4,000 members of the public attending. The event had extra features to the traditional emergency services day, with representation from various sporting groups and community organisations. Two highlights of the day were the Queensland fire service's crashed vehicle display, where they demonstrated to the crowd how a person is rescued from a crashed vehicle using the jaws of life, and the mascot race, with the Queensland Police Service's Clancy the Koala taking out honours in the dash for the finish line. The day was an extremely successful combination of community groups gathered together for the one event. These groups were able to engage with the public and promote the benefits of being involved with their various volunteer organisations.

I give a sincere vote of thanks to the many groups that made their time available to attend and thank the thousands of members of the public who came along to say g'day to our emergency services personnel, who play such a vital and often thankless role in looking after the community. Thank you.

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