Exercise debrief
The Willows — Multiple viewpoint effects testing
Read the incident one section at a time. Your recorded decisions and full review remain available.
Summary
The incident got away — but there’s plenty to take forward.
2 recorded decisions · T+10 final minute
What went well
- Good call — monitor at T+0 (“Establish a cordon, perform a 360, establish a water supply strategy”).
- A tasked search located a casualty (T+10).
- Every judged decision (1) matched the conditions.
- Information confirmed at T+10: the witness (Mrs Patel, neighbour) said “Someone's still inside; I haven't seen them come out” — a search bore it out.
- Information confirmed at T+10: the occupier said “One person unaccounted for — last seen on the first floor” — a search bore it out.
What to develop
- Questionable — offensive internal at T+5 (“Source of fire is rear first floor bedroom window, commit 2x BA crews inside to attack source of fire with a 45mm hose and smoothbore branch and search for casualties. Rear of property to be attacked externally with hose ran through the gate to the side of the property”) for the conditions at the time.
- Safety-critical — Backdraft with BA crews committed (T+10).
- Backdraft with BA crews committed — a safety-critical failure.
- Property partially saved (damage 11).