Day 4- Thursday 4th April

8.47: 
-Made teas and coffees.
-checked emails.
-Read incident logs.

9.15: left work with Alison to drive to "Bartley Sailing Club".
This is where I spent the rest of the day.
- Waited for the fire fighters Tech Team who specialise in Water Rescue and for the CBBC to arrive from Salford, Manchester.

10.04: Crew arrived with the junior cadet children ages between 12-13 who had won a competition to star and participate in the second series of Hero Squad and then met the presenter for the show. The aesthetically pleasing, Rav Wilding. Who turned out to be one of the most arrogant men I have ever met. He did what he had to do on camera with a big smile on his face, then stood to the side and made no effort to make conversation with anybody.
The cadets got into their dry suits then acted out rescue scenarios in the water.
The days schedule ran over at one point and the team got worried they would not finish in time due to the weather being so cold. Also, one of the young girls when she entered the reservoir had a panic attack from how constricting the suit was on her neck combined with the freezing temperature. This delayed the team by approximately an hour as her temperature fell to below 34 so needed to warm back up.
The aim of hero squad is to educate children in safety within certain situations sire, ice and water safety.
I cannot disclose too much of the information on set as its confidential until the show has been aired. The producer, Laura, gave a talk before filming outlining the importance of taking no photos or posting anything about the location on social networking sites, this I thought addressed the professionalism within the industry and helped to ensure the privacy of the children.
I enjoyed seeing how the production team came together with the aid of the chaperone for the children. As the aim of the day was to finish the open water rescue, many of the filming was done off land so much of the communication was done via walky-talky.
Mine and Alisons job was to help dress our fire men, ensure they had tea and lunch and everything else they needed.
This involved a very bossy order from the producer, for us to go to the nearest supermarket and get food for the whole cast, with a preference of it being healthy.
We bought fresh soups, breads, ham, olives, fruit and nuts. It was then our job to make it up for everyone and clean up. We accepted the role as waiters for the day.
The BBC and Seven Trent Water were very strict on health and safety so much so that that everybody had to wear a life jacket even if not entering the water.
A particular highlight of the day was when one of our firemen turned the rescue boat suddenly and literally drenched Rav Wilding, of course hes too cool to wear water proof gear...Needless to say he did not look impressed.
Another job of mine, was to attach the GoPro cameras on the boats and on the childrens helmets. I ended up falling in love with the little pieces of technology and hope to buy myself one soon.

Here are some sneaky photographs I took of the day: