Young volunteers put out car fire, rescue backpackers and tend to snakebite in drill
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It's just after three o'clock in the afternoon when emergency services receive the call.
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It's for a serious car crash just outside Broome's town centre where two backpackers have been injured.
The driver has wandered off and suffered a snake bite, and the fiery wreck has ignited spot fires around nearby bushland.
Thankfully none of it is real.
It's a drill called Backpackers in Strife, which ran on Wednesday as a part of the Youth in Emergency Services program.
Lynelle Fozard helps coordinate the program, which takes in teenagers between 14 and 18 from across the state to train them to be the next generation of volunteers.
She said the drill was the culmination of a week's worth of training for the dozens of teenagers in the program.
"We've made that very clear to them, it's not a test, it's about putting those things that they've learned together, and we're there to support them and help them," she said.
Dressed in SES, St Johns, WA police and firefighter uniforms, the teenagers have been working with Broome volunteers to learn how best to prepare for the task ahead.
Toby Hobson, 17, is from the Mundaring Hills in Perth and is a police cadet for the drill.
"We don't know what we're in for yet. We don't know very much," he says.
"It'll be interesting to see who's doing what and who's working on the task at hand."
He's joined by Jocelyn McLarty, a 16-year-old member of the Coolup bush fire brigade.
She has been given the crucial role of incident controller.
"[The program] has given me a different perspective on the leadership role. Usually, I'm at the receiving end of the teaching, but now we're teaching the younger cadets," Ms McLarty said.
"I have no idea [what we're walking into today]."
When the call comes through, the police cadets are the first to jump into a Broome officer's car and head to the scene at Gantheaume Point.
The scene is gory; a broken-down silver Kia has careened off the road and hit the side of the Broome racetrack.
There are two patients: one who appears to have broken her leg in the crash and another with a nasty arm injury in the passenger's seat.
The cadets are guided by Broome police officers, who instruct them on how best to secure the scene and check if the two patients are conscious.
They're later joined by State Emergency Services, St Johns paramedics and firefighters, with teenagers taking off into nearby bushland to find the driver of the car, who has wandered off in a daze.
There's even one scenario where a teen playing the role of 'pesky bystander' attempts to get close to the crash and take photos, but he's waved away by Mr Hobson the police officer.
The volunteers communicate via radio and notepads, and are encouraged by senior personnel to take charge and be confident in their abilities.
On scene is Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm.
He said teaching teenagers how to deal with people in life-threatening situations was a confronting lesson.
"It's that critical time that they need really solid support from our emergency services people," Commissioner Klemm said.
"Emergency services [are] very much focused on people, so we're really looking for the empathetic nature in which they look after the people. That's really important."
He also said it was reassuring for the future of volunteering to see how many of the teenagers had come from across the state to participate in the week-long camp.
Sharmaine is 18 years old. She came from Christmas Island for the experience.
"I'm really grateful," she said.
"It feels like I'm representing Christmas Island, as well as WA and DFES, and I've enjoyed it very much.
"It's a really good opportunity. You meet lots of people and it's amazing. You get lots of hands-on experience and you get to meet locals as well."
Commissioner Klemm said the future of emergency services in Western Australia was looking bright.
"We didn't have this [program] back in the day, but it's something at DFES we're really proud of," he said.
"Kids have come around the state, from Tom Price down to Bullsbrook. They've all come here to Broome.
"It's the future of volunteering in the state's emergency services, which we're so happy about."
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