bomb dump

[BOLLO]

The Fire Service use it for training chaps.They have a purpose built structure in there for incidents including terrorist bombings and so fourth.

[T_J]

'National training exercise hosted by county rescue team

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue are hosting one of three national training events for Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams and emergency services this weekend.

USAR teams from Lincolnshire, Kent, Essex, Leicestershire, West Midlands and West Yorkshire will be joining Lincolnshire firefighters at their training site near Waddington to practice rescuing casualties from dangerous situations such as earthquakes and collapsed buildings.

Simultaneous exercises will also be taking place in Moreton in Marsh and Liverpool as part of a government requirement to ensure UK resilience.

The six USAR teams will also be joined by East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) and the new Hazardous Area Response Team (HART). As well as Rescue dogs from Essex and Hampshire, Lincolnshire’s own rescue dog, Holly, will be taking part with handler and USAR Manager, Neil Woodmansey.

Neil said:

“The facilities at Lincolnshire’s USAR training site at Waddington are hailed as some of the best nationally, and this will be another opportunity for our colleagues across the country to benefit from training here. The exercise not only tests our rescue skills, but also improves multi-agency working and communication in our response to each different scenario.”

The exercise runs for approx. 24 hours non-stop from 9am on Saturday 28 November to Sunday 29 November. The first scenario to launch the exercise will involve rescue from multiple vehicles and vehicle fires.'

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TJ

[Chef_uk]

Hah, drove past there aswell around 4pm and saw all the lights on. Asked my wife what she could see and she said hundreds of fire engines lol. I thought surely if there were that many there would be some sort of huge incident/big flames going on. Glad i now know. Never knew that was what it was used for.

[Phill]

Just to add to the discussion, I work on the site and the fire engines you can see from the A15 are for operation Florian, a charity set up for the disposal of withdrawn fire engines and out dated equipment. The charity, headed by Mike Thomas, Chief Fire officer for Lincolnshire colects equipment from around the UK and when appliances are fully equipped, they are driven across Europe to places such as Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and so on. Upon arrival, the firefighters give a weeks tuition on the equipment and then fly back home. The 5 engines that can be seen currently were donated by Suffolk fire & rescue service and were driven up here from Ipswich.

HTH

Phill