The Werribee Fire Brigade has scored a gun new recruit ahead of the summer fire season.
‘Ned’ the mannequin will be used by the brigade’s training team as a realistic patient in car accidents, farm accidents, industrial accidents, cliff falls and smoke filled rooms.
A strapping lad with remarkable pain tolerance, Ned weighs 85 kilos and has a number of locations on his body where items can be impaled and various injuries simulated.
Werribee Fire Brigade’s Darryl Wells said Ned will help transform training scenarios for both rescue operators and firefighters.
“Prior to Ned’s arrival old overalls were stuffed with various items and used as patients for training,” Mr Wells said.
Ned’s arrival has come courtesy of a $2,400 donation from Werribee Rotary Club who Mr Wells said had been longstanding supporter of the brigade, providing both firefighting and rescue equipment over many years.
“When Werribee Fire Brigade commenced road crash rescue in 1969 the rotary club was one of the first community groups to provide funding for rescue equipment at that time and have continued to do so right up to the present day,” he said.
“The Werribee Fire Brigade is most appreciative of the generous support it receives from the members of Werribee Rotary and thanks them most gratefully.”
Cade Lucas.
