Kit Night

Tonight was the monthly kit night at the station but before we started we had to fire some para illuminates as they are about to go out of date.

So as a training session we prepared the vehicle as per the new instructions for carrying pyrotechnics.....you have to remove everything before you can put the special tin in.
The form filling in caused a problem as it involved counting up the explosive element of each flare and when there is only 5 of you you run out of fingers to count up on.

So kitted up with full PPE we popped down to Peveril Point and fired each flare carefully. Sadly with the fog each one disappeared and then there was a strange orange glow in the fog which must have been thick as not one 999 call was made to Portland Coastguard !

Then it was back to check the equipment and clean the truck out.