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WATCH: Firecrews cut open a car at Burgess Hill Fire Station open day
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30/08/2023
See fire fighters retreive a "casualty" in a car at the Burgess Hill Fire Station open day
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It's quite noisy.
00:01
I've bumped up a battery, so it's easy to use.
00:05
That will plug into electrical supply, and then that comes through the front of the...
00:11
of the... and then they're now going to completely attack the other...
00:15
the posts and screens as well, in order to get more space.
00:19
So the officer in charge needs to make a plan about how they're going to get the casualty out.
00:29
And there are different ways to get that, of course.
00:31
So they may take the casualty out using the...
00:35
So you can see what they've done there now.
00:37
They've cut through what they call the A post, which is the post that comes down where the steering wheel is.
00:44
They've now cut it through the windscreen.
00:45
So they've cut it with knives, at the windscreen.
00:48
And you can see the bits flying off there, so they keep them close.
00:52
The powerful is close to where the risers go, to protect their eyes.
00:56
[Loud car engine noise]
01:14
We're just about to convert that car into a nice open table.
01:18
Ready for the summer that we haven't had.
01:21
It's a bit late now.
01:25
You can see that's made a lot more space now, to be able to get the casualty out.
01:32
Who can't get out the door, because they've got a neck injury, as a result of whiplash in the sustain of the accident.
01:38
So all this work gives us a lot more space in order to be able to get the casualty out.
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