, Graham and I went as a helpers/assessors. We had a busy day in wet, dreich Katoomba. Following completing the multiple choice questions, the teams had to deal with a small fire scenario, a property protection scenario and a large fire scenario. 
Graham and I had a bit of trouble keeping a fire going in some drums - even the liberal use of the drip torches couldn't keep the straw burning well in the rain. The first team we dealt with got a reasonable blaze to tackle but subsequent fires were rather laughable.
Rob's team was held up for a little while after one of the team complained of chest pains. The ambulance was called but it seems he was having a severe anxiety attack and the ambos went off to attend a motor vehicle accident (MVA).
During lunch a couple of teams were quickly put together to attend the MVA also - a truck had overturned going down Victoria Pass. Graham raced off to help while we finished off the assessment with the boys.
We couldn't go home without Graham so had a bit of hanging about to do. The assessment day was held at Firecom at Katoomba. I've been there several times as Council use the building for training but hadn't been in the communications room. One of our brigade, Helen, was working there so she gave me a quick overview of what they do.
After hanging about for some time, Steve decided he and I would go up to the MVA and have a look. We had to leave Robbie and Nick because they are not yet certified to attend incidents and they are still too young to do so even if they were.
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