Realistic staging has made impressive progress in the Netherlands in recent years. The many students who attended the staging training are now applying what they have learned in practical situations. And it’s working! Many realistic scenarios have been set up within a short period of time.
We are also looking at the possibilities to introduce realistic staging abroad. Ruth Lee organised a roadshow in order to inspire fire departments in the UK and Ireland. FireWare’s Sef Hendrickx talked about the possibilities for realistic staging on location during these shows.
Inspiring events
Visitors learned more about FireWare's philosophy during the 3 sessions in Dublin, Durham Tees Valley and Wallasey and how to apply this in practice. It remains strange that every fireman in the world knows that smoke and hot air rises, but the smoke machines are often used horizontally! Still, it’s nice to show that this can be done differently too, for example with the Cumulus and Stratus.
We can now look back on three great and inspiring events. It’s simply fantastic that Ruth Lee took the trouble to organise this. A great step towards helping rescuers around the world become and stay competent in this field!
The locations that welcomed us, the International Fire Training Centre, Dublin's airport training centre and the ESTC certainly also deserve great praise for their hospitality!
With thanks to Marc Melander for the photographs.
