Firefighters train to deal with attacks

Firefighters are being taught how to treat machete stab wounds and blunt-force trauma injuries to ensure they are equipped to deal with largescale terror attacks.

It has been revealed specialist training is being given to firefighters in Glasgow as the terror threat across the country remains severe.

Glasgow’s top firefighter Jim Hymas has said his team is getting ready to take action should any terrorist incident happen in the city.

Me said: “We are thinking about how firefighters can get to [the scene] and try to save as early as possible, to maintain that life as best they can.”

He added: “If you see the modern way we are being affected across our cities – Westminster bridge, Las Ramblas, Finsbury Park, the Paris attack – it’s a mixture of vehicle-borne weaponry and knives.

“(Terrorists) are hiring vans, lorries, taking over lorries and going through a set of streets.

“We are making sure our firefighters are able to deal with a high number of casualties, a high number of injuries.

“If you imagine that happening on Buchanan Street for instance, and there were casualties everywhere, you need to ensure that people can be deployed and maintain those lives as best they can. We are making sure our firefighters are able to deal with people with lots of stab wounds or blunt force trauma of vehicle impact.”