Major road traffic collision exercise

EXERCISE WESTERN

This exercise was designed for Southern Area Command to test BLFRS in dealing with a multi-vehicle road traffic incident.

Area Commander Dave Fothergill congratulated his team and their partners on a job well done:

“This exercise gave Southern Area crews the opportunity to practise the procedures required to manage and deal with a large multi-vehicle, multi-persons trapped RTC scenario.

“The exercise was well supported by partners including J&K Recovery and the local branch of the Casualty Union which made the exercise extremely realistic for all those participating.

“Exercises of this nature are an excellent way to practise all those individual components that are involved in dealing with this type of scenario, and for crews and officers to work together to ensure that when a real event occurs everyone is prepared - thus ensuring our community gets the best service from its local Fire and Rescue Service.”

Southern Command Operational Exercise Brief:

Grovebury Road, Leighton

Sunday 6th March 2011 13:30hrs

Exercise Appliances = Du2A; St2; St5; To2, Lb2a, Lb2b, To30 - StnM Osbourne, GM Peckham.

Standby Appliance Moves - Be2 - LB

Casualty Union

BLFRS team

DARC Simon Jones - Exercise Director
Watch Commander Jason Hollamby - Safety Coordinator