Biker Down - Region 17 member's session
Tue 27 May
|Ramsgate Fire Station
Region 17 member Neil Fletcher, in liaison with Jim Sanderson, has arranged a bespoke session primarily for members. There is a maximum of 20 spaces available. **Please register with an email to: bikerdown@kent.fire-uk.org ** (Or via the RSVP below)
Time & Location
27 May 2025, 18:30 – 22:00
Ramsgate Fire Station, Newington Rd, Ramsgate CT11 0QX, UK
About the event
Biker Down is the UK Fire Services’ response to a concern they identified amongst Bikers, we (Bikers) often ride in company, the first person ‘on scene’ at a Motorcycle accident is often another Biker!
Back in 2010, Jim Sanderson the Course’s founder and an Operational Crew Manager with Kent Fire & Fire Service and member of the Kent Fire Bike Team, witnessed a Motorcycle accident whilst off duty and used his own training as a Fire-fighter to assist at the scene, on reflection he realised the skills and knowledge he had would be well shared with fellow Bikers, hence the National Biker Down scheme was born.
Consisting of 3 modules over a 3-4 hour session, the idea is to offer people the ability to train in essential life skills and the knowledge (based on operational Fire-fighters training) to help them cope should they encounter or be involved in a road…