Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

After months of training in RTC I finally had my first shout to one.

There are so many makes and models of vehicles, and different ways in which traffic can collide, it’s very difficult to train for all eventualities!

When we got to the location of the RTC, we saw that the driver of the vehicle had collided with a solid garden wall. Unfortunately the driver had fallen ill, and we joined colleagues from the other emergency services, Police and Paramedics to assist in extricating the driver from the vehicle.

The car was positioned precariously over the edge of a small drop, so we set about chocking the car and using the broken wall to stabilise the front wheel, so that we could eventually move the car back onto the road to safety.

The driver was extricated from the car and taken away by paramedics for treatment, leaving us with the task of making the vehicle, and wall, safe.

Luckily we had Simon and Mark there, two great builders it seems, and they managed to build the wall up enough under the car for us to move it safely into the road.

All skills are valuable in The Fire Service, some are skilled in vehicle maintenance, building, climbing, all valuable to the job. I’m not sure what my useful skill is yet, maybe just being fit and small, you never know, I could come in useful one day!