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CFS_Firey:
On thursday 24th March, The Stirling CFS took part in "Operation Easter Brake", a Road crash Rescue simulation that was put on for yr12 students from Heathfiled High school, Pembroke School, and Oakbank Area school...
It was basically a bad crash scenario - head on with drunk driver, Fatality and critically injured persons...
The excersise allows Students to see what happens in a crash, from the fist arriving Ambos, to Rescue and Fire trucks, Traffic Police, Major Crash, Rescue51 helicopter and intensive care paramedics....
I think its a good thing for students to what happens at a crash, but don't know if it will affect thier driving...
Do any other brigades do an excercise like this?

JamesGar:
Yeah, with Willunga and Aldinga Beach I've been involved with a couple of scenarios at the Willunga High School, which captures students from Yankalilla, and Tatachilla (mclaren vale). We run an annual scenario for Year 10 students (I think), with the concept of education prior to the students getting their licences. Scenario involves students from the school acting in patient roll, with full casualty sim (blood and gore), SAAS treatment, fatality, SAPOL arresting the driver at fault and the forcoming court case with judge and jury! Haven't run statistics but it seems to make an impact!

kat:
In the rescue area under Friday night training in Naracoorte there are some details of an informal training session in view of the kids and James has seen these run before.

We've had a couple in Meninige - there is a Coorong Road Safety Committee (which we used to be a part of) that facilitates these kind of things. We had a police officer who has run a lot of these come along (he had some resources with him including a plan from beginning to end - coroners court - including media releases of an exercise).

I've heard these were always well received. We've never done one as we don't have a high school in our area but have done RCR displays for the general public at community events that have generated positive interest.

rescue5271:
As part of Youth week naracoorte emergencys services all did a mock MVA in the main street in front of some 200 kids from both the high schools.This showed all there not only the kids but teachers how close all services work but also what is done with a dead body once removed from a car. Some of those in the group (kids) where some what upset with just how real the situation was as this was hitting home as a young man died in the town not less than a week before the dayin a single MVA

strikeathird:
Sometimes it seems like "shock" tactics are the only way to get into these kids heads!!!

They just don't realise how traumatic, and dangerous there actions can be until they see it front up!

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