Emergency Services
Watch a story from a Fire Officer, Paramedic and a Police Officer
Why not discuss the following points with the class:
- Speed on an empty road, some say it's safe, what can go wrong
- Injury, disability, dependence on support. How must that feel?
- A promising future, hopes dashed, what now?
- Donalds says: "I thought i was invincible, I thought car crashes happened to other people not me." Is that how most of us think?
- Some say they can control their cars at speed, can they always?
- How do the emergency services cope in the event of a serious crash?
- What kind of people are suited to work in the emergency servicies?
Why not discuss the following points with the class:
- Leaving the scene of an accident
- Stealing cars
- Drink and drug driving
- Hit and run all of which are criminal offences
- Life in a young offenders institute
- The family
- The future of a young offender
- Joyrider-What is the irony in that term?
Why not discuss the following points with the class:
- Being in a car crash
- Hearing about a car crash
- Driver falling asleep at the wheel
- Who is to blame in a crash?
- Why some people don't belt up?
- Why some cyclists don't wear a helmet?
- What a driver should do if he/she is tired?
- What makes the bus a good option?
