On Saturday 27th of August 2011, an inter-agency exercise took place on the M8 Motorway outside Fermoy. The scenario was that a single vehicle RTC with a persons reported. The Garda Traffic Corps put in place a rolling road block to allow for Fire Services to put in a fend off on the motorway and allow Lagan Projects Motorway Maintenance to close off the motorway and divert traffic off the motorway.
A very large thanks to all involved for allowing me the oppurtinaty to photograph the exercise and to see the procedures in action
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Pre-Exercise Briefing
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Exercise Vehicle & Casualty being moved into position
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Last Vehicle through before the rolling road block is inserted by the Garda Traffic Corps
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Fermoy Fire Brigade with the first two appliances on the scene arrive in a rolling road block formation prior to fending off the accident scene
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Arrival of the cavalry, Mitchelstown take up fend off positions a set distance from the accident scene to allow for lane closures and coning off of the scene.
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Scene stabilization and initial casualty assessment is carried out as equipment is prepared prior to it's use in the extraction
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All glass management tasks are completed before the first cuts are made with the cutters
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Like bees around honey, the Fire Fighters of Fermoy and Mitchelstown make light work of the car once they start cutting
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Full Motorway closure in place with Garda Traffic Corps and Lagan Projects. Fire Services maintain the inner fend off
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The Ambulance Service arrival to the incident
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Medical handover of patient by the fire serive to the arriving paramedic
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Many hands make light work and everyone has a jobs and knows it.
The casualty is removed from the vehicle after being positioned on a spinal board.
Just over 20 minutes from time of arrival of the first fire appliance at the scene to the casualty being placed in the back of the ambulance.
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The end result
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A quick in the field debrief by the incident and exercise commanders
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View of the fend off and motorway closure from the Moorepark Fly-Over
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