Funding Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue, East of England Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team and South Herts YOT
Aim To prevent young people from committing motoring offences.
A group of young people aged 14 to 18, who were all on court orders for motoring offences, were blindfolded and placed in three vehicles, while fire fighters used cutting equipment to release them in a simulated car crash scene earlier this month.
Watch commander Bob Williams from Borehamwood Fire Station and Mark Bennett from the Watford Youth Offending Team (YOT) organised the reconstruction as part of the Crash Bang project.
The officer in charge of the first fire engine, crew commander Gary Shinn from Borehamwood Fire Station, says: "It was the best and most realistic exercise I have ever been involved in."
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