2005 Royal Adelaide Show Main Arena Spectacular - Expression of Interest
It’s show time! The SA County Fire Service has had a long-standing involvement with the annual Royal Adelaide Show at the Wayville Showground. Following the success of this involvement over the years, the Royal Adelaide Show has given the CFS an exciting opportunity to participate in the 2005 Main Arena Entertainment program. CFS Public Affairs has agreed to participate by producing a presentation, which will follow the ‘Holden Storm Riders Precision Driving Team’ at 8.15pm. The CFS presentation will then be followed by 'The Human Cannonball' and ‘The Freestyle Motor Cross Team’ before a finale of fireworks. Needless to say the CFS is being given prime placement for maximum marketing reach.
Every night from Friday 2 September to Saturday 10 September, CFS will have 15 minutes to entertain and educate a crowd of more than 10,000 people in the main arena. By the end of the show, approximately 100,000 people will have seen the CFS ‘perform’. For this reason CFS Public Affairs has chosen to put all their resources into the production and management of this main arena presentation and will not be hosting a fixed display site in 2005. Having a fixed site in the past has served the CFS well and will continue to do so in the future.
Volunteers have always been an integral part of the success of CFS involvement at the Royal Adelaide Show. Expressions of interest are now being sought from CFS volunteers who are keen to participate in this exciting opportunity in 2005. The 15-minute presentation, branded as the ‘CFS Smokey Spectacular’, is fundamentally an energetic, lighthearted showcase of entertainment featuring Smokey the Koala and CFS volunteers. The presentation, aimed at reaching the family market, will take a glance at how the CFS has evolved to become a modern highly sophisticated organisation, provide a few fire safety tips with ‘Smokey’ before concluding with a competition between firefighters over a series of mock firefighting scenarios.
Volunteers must meet the following requirements in order to be considered for the presentation:
Be trained and competent in skills learnt from Basic Firefighting Level One
Be Available for three or more of the nine nights from 6pm Friday 2 September to Saturday 10 September and rehearsals on 2pm Saturday 27 August and 6.30pm Tuesday 30 August 2005.
Be physically and mentally capable of participating in a 15-minute presentation in front of a large crowd
Have clean personal protective equipment
Have transportation to and from the Wayville Showground
Volunteer positions available range from ‘performance personnel’ to ‘ground support staff. Any volunteers selected for the presentation who incur out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed by the CFS. To register, send your ‘expression of interest’ to one of the addresses below including the following details:
Name
Contact information (including phone number, email and postal address)
CFS Brigade/Office
Number of years as a CFS volunteer/staff member
List any of the following CFS courses completed and currently valid:
Level One/Two/Three/CABA/HAZMAT/Senior First Aid
Advise of time available:
Royal Show Main Arena 2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10 September
Rehearsals 27/30 August
Send your expression of interest to:
CFS Public Affairs
Email:
[email protected]Fax: (08) 8463 4234
Post: PO Box 2468, Adelaide SA 5001
‘Expressions of interest must be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 10 August 2005. While positions are limited every effort will be made to include as many volunteers as possible. Notification will occur by return mail (don’t forget to include your contact details in your expression of interest). For more information contact Brenton Ragless from CFS Public Affairs on (08) 8463 4213.
