Tubing and rescuing together
It is well known that firefighters and the rescue service of the BRK rhon-grabfeld work hand in hand. However, this must also be practiced, said district rescue team leader bernd robmanith, who is also an instructor with the rhon-grabfeld district fire department, during a training session at the fire department’s town hall in bad konigshofen. It the add-on module "first aid in the context of the MTA (modular training for firefighters). An ambulance from bischofsheim was on the scene, which the firefighters put "under the microscope" could be taken. The rescue of a patient from a dormer with the drag basket stretcher was practiced but also the first aid knowledge was refreshed. Finally, the firefighters learned how to rescue a person from a pit or a shaft using a tripod.
Special situations
The main topic of the additional training was not only an intensification of the knowledge already acquired during the fire department training. It was also about rescue service operations in special situations (in short: the REBEL-set on the ambulance) and the daily practice, namely: where can and must the fire department support the rescue service?. In addition pay carrying help, rescue of patients, whereby technical equipment of the fire-brigade is needed. For example: "could you please fetch the stretcher, the rescue board or the resuscitator from the ambulance?, said bernd robmanith and commander andre knies, the firefighter has to know where to find that in the rescue vehicle.