I spent the day at the Emergency Services Training Center on the Safe Working at Heights Course. This was part of a technical rescue course Merseyside Search and Rescue.
Merseyside Search and Rescue are a highly trained team of volunteers who are on constant alert, ready to search for those high risk missing people across Merseyside.
For more information one Merseyside Search and rescue go to www.mersar.org.uk
The training was supplied by the Emergency Services Training Center. They provided a great course. The instructors knew their subject backed by a practical real-life experience. Even though we were working at heights the instructors us feel as comfortable as if we were standing on the Floor.
For more information in the Emergency Services Training Center go to www.emergencyservices-training.com
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A large thunderstorm rolled in bringing with it a hail shower. The images may seem a little out of focus due to the low light and i was trying to focus on the sky. The traffic behind sound louder than normal because the roads were covers with standing water and hailstones.
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A quick flyover the British Red Cross building in Liverpool.
The building is actually two buildings joined together. the larger building used to be a steam powered hydraulic accumulator. This was then user to power the various cranes bridges and locks of the Liverpool docks.
The smaller building is one of the customs houses serving the Brunswick dock area. after the southern docks closed in the 1970's
the buildings were knocked together and became a second hand car showroom.
When the car show dealer closed the building fell into disrepair. In the min 90's the Bradbury foundation saved it from further decay and converted it into the building you see today.
The main teaching room has exposed brick and was part of the the original engine house. the large tower with the entrance is the old accumulator tower.
This held a vertical piston full of water. on the top of the piston was a 50 tonne weight pressing down on the water creating a head of water producing around 100psi of pressure.
A few years ago I climbed up the inside of the tower using the original ladder fitted to the inside of the tower. It was an interesting climb up a vertical ladder. Thankfully I had a rope and harness on.
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