Fire crews used equipment made available for major chemical decomtamination incidents to provide power, shelter, light and heat at Luton Hospital A & E after power problems were reported on Tuesday 30th November.
When the hospital experienced some power outages, staff there asked Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service for help.
BLFRS Southern Area Commander Dave Fothergill, Station Commander Kevin Moores from Stopsley and colleagues decided to make this equipment available to make sure patients and paramedics had a reserve location at the A & E. Working with consultants and A & E they had the facilities made available should the situation worsen.
The tents, which are actually units for showering off chemical contamination, are part of a catalogue of items which make up a regional and national jigsaw of equipment used by fire crews to deal with a range of major incidents.
AC Fothergill said: "This demonstrates good dynamic response thinking - we have this equipment to use ostensibly for chemical jobs - but in fact was useful for helping the hospital on this bitterly cold afternoon, evening and all through the night."
The crews left the scene Wednesday morning (1st December)
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