WATCH: Firecrews cut open a car at Burgess Hill Fire Station open day

See fire fighters retreive a "casualty" in a car at the Burgess Hill Fire Station open day

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00:00 It's quite noisy.

00:01 I've bumped up a battery, so it's easy to use.

00:05 That will plug into electrical supply, and then that comes through the front of the...

00:11 of the... and then they're now going to completely attack the other...

00:15 the posts and screens as well, in order to get more space.

00:19 So the officer in charge needs to make a plan about how they're going to get the casualty out.

00:29 And there are different ways to get that, of course.

00:31 So they may take the casualty out using the...

00:35 So you can see what they've done there now.

00:37 They've cut through what they call the A post, which is the post that comes down where the steering wheel is.

00:44 They've now cut it through the windscreen.

00:45 So they've cut it with knives, at the windscreen.

00:48 And you can see the bits flying off there, so they keep them close.

00:52 The powerful is close to where the risers go, to protect their eyes.

00:56 [Loud car engine noise]

01:14 We're just about to convert that car into a nice open table.

01:18 Ready for the summer that we haven't had.

01:21 It's a bit late now.

01:25 You can see that's made a lot more space now, to be able to get the casualty out.

01:32 Who can't get out the door, because they've got a neck injury, as a result of whiplash in the sustain of the accident.

01:38 So all this work gives us a lot more space in order to be able to get the casualty out.