Fire crews bring rail '˜emergency' to life!
The exercise was organised by Leyland Penn, chairman of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Society, alongside Fire & Rescue teams from Humberside and Louth.
The scenario involved a ‘horse’ being hit by the train, resulting in an emergency stop - causing ‘passengers’ to be thrown forward and injured and in need of rescue.
A briefing was held before the training exercise began.
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Hide AdFifteen volunteers acted as passengers, with some being removed from the coaches on stretchers by the Humberside Fire & Rescue team.
The ‘horse’ was then recovered from the track by the Louth Fire & Rescue team, which specialises in situations involving animals.
Afterwards there was a debriefing to see what had been learnt from the exercise.
Leyland Penn said: “The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is delighted to have been able to provide the facilities for the teams to be able to carry out the training exercise.
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Hide Ad“We want to do all we can to make the railway a safer place. Last year we installed a defibrillator at Ludborough station and a team of volunteers were trained to administer CPR.
“Now our volunteers have learnt a great deal about train evacuation from today’s exercise”.
Martin Wade from the Humberside Fire & Rescue team added: “Creating such a scenario on a working railway is extremely difficult, and we are grateful to the LWR and the volunteers for helping us stage the training exercise”.
Mr Wade added: “From our point of view it was a great opportunity for the Humberside and Louth teams to be able to work together.”