Fire Event at Gunwharf / Historic Dockyard

Transcript

00:00So I'm Neil Odean, I'm the Chief Fire Officer for Hamish and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue

00:15Service and today here in Portsmouth we're having the Festival of Rescue which is really

00:20focused on the rescue part of fire and rescue. So no fires here today, we're just doing the

00:24rescue part of it with several disciplines. So talk us through, what will the public see

00:31when they come in to the dockyard, or will have seen as they walk about the area?

00:35So across Gunmorph and the historic dockyard we'll see several disciplines including rope

00:41rescue, so rescue from height or down below using rope extrication techniques. We'll also

00:45see trauma where our firefighters do medical response to things. We'll also see extrication

00:51from crashed vehicles in Gunmorph. We'll also see water rescue. We'll also see a dog

00:57demonstration for search and rescue dogs and also we've got cadets performing on Saturdays

01:01so young people doing some of these disciplines themselves. So it's a real mix of rescue techniques

01:05all coming together across the UK to learn from each other.

01:09And so how important is it to bring this information to the public with this event?

01:15So it's twofold really because we've got more than 30 teams from across the UK and worldwide

01:20coming today and tomorrow and so we're there to learn from each other. So we'll be looking

01:25really closely at what we do. We learn from mistakes, we learn from good things, but also

01:29importantly the public get to see what we do because often people don't realise we do

01:32rescue as well and so it's fire and rescue we are known as nowadays. So it's really important

01:37that the public understand that. We've also got some education here to help people understand

01:41how to keep themselves safe from these things including fire safety advice of course.

01:47And tell us about, it's not the only event that's happening around as well, is it a remote

01:51series as well? Some robotics as well?

01:54So across the whole site we've got kit displayed from the latest technology including robotics.

01:59So we've got a robotic dog, we've got a robotic kind of manoeuvring vehicle that goes into

02:04burning buildings and pulls hose in. We've got advanced imaging systems, we've got real

02:10technical advancements here today which the manufacturers are displaying mainly for the

02:15use for firefighters but equally for the public to come and look at and understand.

02:18So equally we've got some high platforms in this beautiful historic dockyard as well.

02:23So this really is a display that is worth seeing. So I'm privileged not only being the

02:28Chief Fire Officer here and hosting this for the UK but when our teams who are excellent

02:31come together they learn from each other and we have expert assessors assessing each team

02:36and so we're really looking to identify good practice, equally learn in these conditions

02:41rather than a real thing to make sure that we get better and better. So the idea of bringing

02:44this together as a whole sector and sharing it globally so that the whole world can benefit

02:50from events like this. So Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is one of the

02:54fire and rescue services in the UK. It belongs to the United Kingdom Rescue Organisation and

02:58that in turn belongs to the World Rescue Organisation. So it's a kind of world movement of

03:02making sure that we use techniques to rescue people safely and effectively. So car crashes,

03:08we've got an Australian team here, we've got a Luxembourg team here and a Croatian team

03:12actually and so we're all learning from each other. Really exciting to have the Australians

03:16here particularly but they're a fantastic team but we're really learning from each other and

03:19it's really celebrating sort of global benefit of different techniques.