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Exercise debrief

The Willows — Rear Bedroom Fire

Read the incident one section at a time. Your recorded decisions and full review remain available.

Summary

Good stop — the fire was brought under control.

6 recorded decisions · T+30 final minute

What went well

  • Good call — offensive internal at T+0 (“Commit a BA team to the upstairs rear bedroom”).
  • Good call — monitor at T+10 (“Establish an inner cordon at the front garden wall”).
  • Good call — monitor at T+15 (“Covering jet to the rear, protect the exposures”).
  • Good call — offensive internal at T+20 (“Second BA team search the first floor for the dog”).
  • Stop message sent with the fire under control. Good stop.
  • Every judged decision (4) matched the conditions.
  • Property saved (damage 8).

What to develop

  • METHANE messages were incomplete (best 5/7) — practise a full size-up.
  • A casualty on the first floor was never found (unconscious).