West Midlands Fire Service
Exercise Phoenix
Exercise 'Phoenix' held at Sandwell Hospital Saturday, January 10 2009.
15 fire crews from West Midlands Fire Service and Staffordshire FB attended along with staff members and NHS workers from Sandwell Hospital.
Emergency crews, chemical experts and decontamination teams were put through their paces dealing with a mock chemical incident at Sandwell Hospital.
The ‘incident’ involved a bus full of passengers arriving at the hospital after an unknown chemical was released onboard. They had to be treated and decontaminated, while the chemical had to be identified and dealt with.
Exercise Phoenix
Exercise 'Phoenix' held at Sandwell Hospital Saturday, January 10 2009.
15 fire crews from West Midlands Fire Service and Staffordshire FB attended along with staff members and NHS workers from Sandwell Hospital.
Emergency crews, chemical experts and decontamination teams were put through their paces dealing with a mock chemical incident at Sandwell Hospital.
The ‘incident’ involved a bus full of passengers arriving at the hospital after an unknown chemical was released onboard. They had to be treated and decontaminated, while the chemical had to be identified and dealt with.