3 Accidents Ashley R

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Accident One

Name Of accident? Australian wildfires

When did theaccident occur?

From the 1st December 2006 7th February 2007

What happened? More than 70 fires occurred which is the longestrunning bushfires in Victorias fire history.

What were thecauses of theaccident?

The fires were caused by lightning strikes.

How manycasualties werethere?

One man died in a car at the accident, around 1400fire fighters were injured while tackling the fires,some of the injuries they occurred included bruises,cuts, blisters, burns, dehydration, broken limbs andspider bites.

How long did it

take for the fireservice tomobilize?

The fire service got to the scene within an hour

which was quite quick considering the destinationof the fires.

How many firemenwere required atthe scene?

Over the course of the whole event, at least 2000fire fighters attended as it went on for 69 days.

What equipmentdid the fire service

use at the scene?

The fire service used a specially designed firefighting aircraft to put the majority of the fires out

by using an extended hose hanging from theaircraft, also there were hundreds of grounded firefighters with hoses and other resources.

What did the fireservice actuallydo?

The fire service attended the scene and stayedtackling the fires the whole way through and alsopulled in support groups to help them as the bushfires were a lot to handle.

What preventativemeasures did thefire service haveprepared for sucha situation?

This sort of accident doesnt occur that often so Idont think the fire service have a written plan onthis sort of accident but I think they knew what theywere doing at the scene.


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Accident Two

Name Of accident? Boscastle floods

When did theaccident occur?

16th August 2004

What happened? Flash floods occurred over the Boscastle villagewhich flooded the whole village. There was anexceptional amount of rain to fall over the course ofeight hours.


Extensive flash flooding was the cause of thisdisaster.


There were only eight casualties after and duringthe floods.

How long did it

take for the fireservice tomobilize?

It took about an hour and 15 minutes for 6 different

fire services to be mobilized to Boscastle, thestations were Launceston, St Austell, Bodmin,Padstow, Truro and Delabole.


Over the course of the Boscastle floods, 6 differentfire services attended and helped rescue peoplefrom the floods.

What equipmentdid the fire serviceuse at the scene?

The fire service used the cutters, spreaders and asledge hammer to release trapped people fromthere cars also they used ladders in order to rescue

people of buildings and also they used life jacketsso that if they got pulled out by the water they couldsurvive.


The fire service worked alongside other publicservices such as the police, rescue helicopters,RAF and coastguard to rescue people caught up inthe flood by braking through things such as housesand cars to rescue people from flooding or beingswept away by the water, they also helped coordinate the whole event.


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The fire service always have ways where they canget to an accident and get working straight away,this is in a way of an action plan where one of thefire officers tells the fire fighters each of thereindividual jobs in order to save as many people

lives as they can.

Accident Three

Name Of accident? 7/7 London bombings

When did the

accident occur?

The 7th July 2005

What happened? A series of co-ordinated suicide attacks in Londonwhich targeted civilians using the public transportsystem during the morning rush hour. Three of thebombs were detonated in quick succession aboardLondon underground trains across the city andlater, a fourth bomb went off aboard a doubledecker bus in Tavistock square.


The causes of the accident were 4 suicide bomberswho plotted and executed the bombings and theblasts. The bombs used were homemade organicperoxide based devices packed into rucksacks.


52 people died, the 4 suicide bombers died andaround 700 people were injured.

How long did ittake for the fire

service tomobilize?

It took around an hour to get to the scene of theaccidents because there were delays.


At these bombings there were fire services draggedin from all over London to help with the actual eventand the investigation.

What equipmentdid the fire serviceuse at the scene?

At this accident the fire service assisted in otherways rather than using there equipment, the reasonfor this was that at that moment in time, fire engineshad a shortage of advanced life saving kits such as

defibrillators and manual suction devices.


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The fire service attended the scenes of theaccidents and helped rescue people alongsidepolice officers and members of the public.


This sort of accident, the fire service could never beprepared for because its such an unlikely and freakoccurrence but I think the fire service managed todo well in saving peoples lives, there was already alot of people dead before the fire service could evenget to the scene because a bomb hitting you is aninstant fatality most of the time.

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