Trainee fire-fighters wearing (BA) breathing apparatus removing a 'living' fire drill drag dummy casualty from the fire house

Below is a typical Breathing Apparatus (BA) drill using a 'living' drag dummy as a casualty.

The firemen must locate the drag dummy casualty in poor visibly, and recover it to a safe location outside the firehouse. They must make sure that this is done safely, so as not injure themselves in the process or the dummy casualty.

The dummies are weighted between 70 and 80 kgs, so this must only be done by two people. The dummy being used in this exercise weighed 90 kgs; Throughout the exercise, the trainee fire recruits were unaware that the dummy was alive, and treated it like a normally drag dummy, as you can see from their surprise in the final part of the video.

  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9    

Breathing apparatus training removing a new drill dummy from the firehouse

Breathing apparatus training removing a new drill dummy from the firehouse

Two Firemen wearing BA locate the drill dummy
Two Firemen wearing BA locate the drill dummy
the drill dummy is then positioned for lifting
the drill dummy is then positioned for lifting
One Fireman holds the dummy round its waist, locking onto the arms
One Fireman holds the dummy round its waist, locking onto the arms
While the other fireman lifts the dummy's legs
While the other fireman lifts the dummy's legs
The dummy is carried out of the firehouse
The dummy is carried out of the firehouse
And placed on the floor, in a safe location
And placed on the floor, in a safe location
Firemen pose for a picture with the drill dummy
Firemen pose for a picture with the drill dummy
The drill dummy suddenly comes alive
The drill dummy suddenly comes alive
Firemen pose for a picture with the now animated dummy
Firemen pose for a picture with the now animated dummy
mannequin-man drag dummy: Video clip of a fire drill drag dummy being carried out of a firehouse by two trainee fire recruits during Breathing Apparatus training at West Midlands Fire Service Brigade Training Centre Smethic, Birmingham at A 'living' fire drill drag dummy casualty in BA extrication training exercise for West Mids Fire Service on 24/05/2003
Fire drill drag dummy being carried out of a firehouse by two trainee fire recruits during Breathing Apparatus training
YouTube: drag dummy A 'living' fire drill drag dummy being removed from fire house by trainee fire-fighters in breathing apparatus training exercise West Midlands Fire Service BTC, Smethic