WORK EXPERIENCE
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Don't panic! Don't panic! They'll soon have you out of there mate.
Luckily, this is only a dress rehearsal. The crew at Chadderton Fire Station, Greater Manchester, were refining their truck-cutting techniques, courtesy of Seddon Atkinson. The Oldham-based vehicle manufacturer donated this brand new Strata cab so the brave lads could get some invaluable hands-on experience They cut it up in an attempt to recreate the real conditions when they would need to gain access to a truck or a bus involved in an accident.
"Our crews get plenty of practice in cutting open cars as they are much easier to acquire, but truck cabs are more expensive and far less common," explains station officer Neal Woolneugb. He adds: "What's mere, truck cabs come apart very differently to cars and the only opportunity we get to practise on these is in real-life emergencies."
To maximise the benefits of this donation, Chadderton Fire Station produced a video to be distributed to fire stations across the country. It must have led to some confusion during filming when the director shouted "cut".