At Rothera we have a major incident PRACTICE, I must reiterate the word practice. This is to test the base on how it would react to an incident all the way down from the station leader, to the communications tower to the first aiders on base, fire trained personnel and all the other little jobs that fit into assisting with an emergency.
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| Station leader Mike Brian telling everyone what to do via the radio |
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| Everyone needs to be accounted for so we do what's called a muster where everyone gets their name ticked off the list. |
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| The fire truck was called to the fake scene |
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| The container was symbolizing a plane crash, the yellow spoke is pretending to be the fire |
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| Kate with paint all down her leg as a burn. She spoke in Spanish the whole time just to confuse everyone |
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| Practicing the technique with the BA kit |
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| Testing the use of the hose |
All in all it was great practice for everyone on station to use the emergency gear and test our major incident plan. It went very well !