Glasgow firefighters get training in terror injuries

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.

Firefighters are now being taught how to deal with multiple stab wounds from weapons such as machetes and knives and how to handle multiple casualties at once.

Crews are also undergoing training to treat blunt-force trauma injuries caused by vehicles.

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

He said: “Glasgow is an iconic city, known right across the world, and although we don’t have any specific threat to Scotland right now we have to be prepared.

“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.”

Mr Hymas said the service has been laying the groundwork for its “transformation” over the past four years after merging to a single service.

Crews are dealing while a multitude of emergency and non-emergency situations on a day-to-day basis and do an increasing amount of work in the community. Fire crews regularly conduct CPR training in businesses, schools and universities.