The Moor hosted a 999 family fun day organised by the National Emergency Services Museum to showcase the emergency services, raise awareness and inspire careers.
The event featured vehicles, staff and equipment from the main three 999 responders: the police, ambulance and fire service, as well as the HM Coast Guard, mountain rescue from Edale, Lowland Search & Rescue, and the RNLI.
Visitors were able to try on real uniform, go inside a speed camera van, get their fingerprints taken and control a siren.
They were given the opportunity to interact with a range of emergency service staff and take part in activities like throwing life belts to dummies.
Matt Wakefield, chief executive of the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield said: “It’s a good fundraiser for us every year but the main part for us is sort of showcasing our existence.”
He explained that alongside the modern, in-service vehicles at the event there were also older classic vehicles which aren’t normally on display in the museum and that people wouldn’t normally get a chance to see.
The museum, which is also a charity, is located in the middle of Sheffield inside a Victorian police, fire and ambulance station which takes visitors on a tour of the history of the emergency services, featuring everything from vintage police cars to a 47ft lifeboat.
Speaking at the event Will McCreesh, a firefighter from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said: “We want to try and reach out to as many people as we can, show them what we’re all about and if you’ve got any questions you can come up and ask us.
“A lot of it is recruitment, hence why we like to bring down the fire engines and turntable ladder, we want more people coming down, we want more people to join the fire service.”
The fun day also provides a platform for organisations that support the emergency services to raise money and awareness towards their cause like The Firefighters Charity who aim to support members of the UK fire service to live healthier and happier lives.
Each year the event raises about £10,000 across all the different charities on show, with the event attracting around 18,000 visitors last year.