Cameron Weathers

Accident One
Name Of accident? Gloucestershire flooding.

When did the accident occur? What happened?

Gloucestershire, Northern Ireland and other countries. In 2007 there were a number of numerous floods across the United Kingdom during the summer. July 20th was a good day for Gloucestershire because everyone was looking forward to the summer holidays, when one morning people woke and heard that they is going to be torrential downfalls and torrential flooding on the way. There were signs out where flood occur and may effects towns and cities. With the bad weather some emergency services had to try and save peoples electricity. The cause of the disaster was the heavy down pour of rain more then 140 millimetres of rain fell (5.5 inches).

What were the causes of the accident?

How many casualties were there?

On the day of the Gloucestershire flood there were no casualties.

How long did it take for the fire service to mobilize? How many firemen were required at the scene? What equipment did the fire service use at the scene? What did the fire service actually do? What preventative measures did the fire service have prepared for such a situation?

It didnt take that long for the fire service to attend the flood.

On the day there was 18 fireman trying to get ride of the water from homes and also evacuating people that were left in homes. Speeds pumps were divided around a fleet of 12 large diesel powered pumps and over 1.5km of hoses in a 12 hour period to the Service remove the three feet deep water that surrounded The fire service had to tackle the water and also the smell of petrol. Also they helped clear the homes out and tidy up the roads. Fire officers spoke out that day and said this using petrol and electric pumps to remove floodwater could be dangerous.

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Accident Two
Name Of accident? A u s t r a l i a n w i l d f i r e s o f J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6 The accident occurred by events during the hotter months of When did the the year due to Australias mostly dry or mainly caused by accident occur?
lighting.

What happened?

What were the causes of the accident? How many casualties were there? How long did it take for the fire service to mobilize? How many firemen were required at the scene? What equipment did the fire service use at the scene?

On December 1st 2006 the alpine bushfires in Victoria when over 70 fires were started by brand of thunder storms and lighting which moved across the state. The fire was going on for 69 days and that became the Great Divided Complex. With the on going flames from the fire some homes were caught by the dazzling flames and lost there homes. The cause of the accident was mainly caused by thunderstorms and hard lighting strikes. On the day of the Australias bushfire sadly 173 people lost the lives and 414 were injured as a result to the out fire.

The fire service got to the scene with less then an hour which they had to be quick due people stranded near the flames. The fire service coming from different fire station due the destinations of the flames moving quickly. Over the course of the major incident there was about 2000 fire-fighters attended to tackle the flames and they were there for 75 days due to some parts of the fire kept relighting. When the fire crews were tackling the fire they used specialised air crafts to carry gallons of water and drop over the flames. Also from the air crafts fire-fighter was hanging out using water pumps from the sky because they couldnt get close enough. With the ground units they could get close enough due the heat and the flames were out of control. The fire services that attended the fire and stayed tackling the fire the whole way through the course of 72 days due to fire kept re-lighting, fire crews called in supports groups due to the fire was to much to handle because the fire man couldnt get close to control the flames. For this sort of situation some fire and rescue services dont have a written plan due to not many of these horrific fires, but they knew what they were dealing with and equipment they needed to beat the flames.

What did the fire service actually do? What preventative measures did the fire service have prepared for such a situation?

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Accident Three
Name Of accident? London 7/7 bombing The accident occurred on July 7th 2005 When did the accident occur? A number of series of co-ordinated suicide attacks where in What happened?

What were the causes of the accident? How many casualties were there? How long did it take for the fire service to mobilize? How many firemen were required at the scene? What equipment did the fire service use at the scene? What did the fire service actually do? What preventative measures did the fire service have prepared for such a situation?

London which was targeted towards civilians using the public that were using the transport system during the morning rush hour for work. Three of these bombs were detonated in quick succession aboard London the underground trains across the city and later that day a fourth bomb was detonated aboard a double decker bus in Tavistock square. The causes of the accident were the 4 suicide bombers who then plotted and then executed the bombings and also the blasts. The bombs that were used were homemade organic peroxide based devices that were then packed into rucksacks so people dont see them planting the bombs. On that day 52 people died and the 4 suicide bombers died and also around 700 people were injured due to the blasts and buildings and other resources that were flying around due the bombs being detonated. It took the fire service about an hour to get to the accidents because of the delays that were in the and around the city because of the accident. At all these bombings that happened in London the fire services were dragged in from all over London to help with the event and also the police with the investigation. At the accident the fire service assisted in other different ways rather than using there equipment, the reason for this was that at that moment in time, fire engines had a shortage of advanced life saving kits such as defibrillators and manual suction devices. The fire service that attended the scenes of the terrifying accidents and they helped rescue people along side police officers and members of the public that were effected by the blast. For this sort of accident, the fire service couldnt be prepared for this because it is unlikely and freak occurrence. But I think the fire service managed did excellent in saving peoples lives and there was already a lot of people dead before even the fire service could even get to the scene before a bomb hitting you is an instant fatality most of the time.