Fire Brigade At The Etihad

[King Kev]

Lots of fire engines at The Etihad earlier.

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Thankfully it was just a drill.

[Ted Hughes]

Was Mr Banks there ?

[blues-clues]

Golly what sort of drill makes all that smoke?

They should take that crap back to B&Q and get a DeWalt or Makita.

[sandman]

Large-scale fire evacuation simulation to take place at Manchester City stadium as crews tackle safety fears

A large-scale fire simulation will be staged at Manchester City’s stadium this weekend to prepare emergency services for an emergency evacuation – if the unfortunate event ever arose.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service will stage a horrifying disaster at the Blues Etihad Stadium on Sunday to test how the club would cope with a serious incident.

Up to 100 volunteers are set to act as fans and synthetic smoke will bellow through the stands as ten fire crews participate in the evacuation.

Station Manager Tony Bryan, from Blackley Fire Station, said: "The stadium is an iconic landmark in Greater Manchester with thousands of people visiting it almost every week and the safety of spectators and everyone at the club is paramount.

"We have never run anything like this at Manchester City before and it’s very important to test our firefighters and their staff, how they react and the emergency procedures that are in place.

"For us, it is how we will deal with a massive crowd of fans who will be panicking, injured people and those distressed at being unable to find their loved ones."

Volunteers from the club, as well as GMFRS’ own volunteers and young people from the GMFRS Prince’s Trust scheme, will act as the crowd.

The exercise has taken six months of planning and will also involve St John Ambulance and the Salvation Army.

Crews will be briefed from 9.30am on Sunday with the exercise taking place from around 10am.

http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/2 ... -crews-tac

[BadKompany]

Thought it may have been Edin as he was on fire (again) yesterday.

[BlueinBosnia]

Could anything actually set on fire at the Etihad?

[Dameerto]

Could anything actually set on fire at the Etihad?

Wait until the derby game, assuming Wio is playing - he is about as wooden as it gets.

[Beefymcfc]

Could anything actually set on fire at the Etihad?

Those 'Lizzy's' from the seats would be awesome. I'm no firebug but I love setting fires!

[Nigels Tackle]

Lots of fire engines at The Etihad earlier.

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Thankfully it was just a drill.

sister of fu been lending her season ticket again??