Gwasanaeth Tan Lisa: Y Dyn ei Hun

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-I'm Lisa Angharad

-and in this series...

-..I'll be trying professions

-traditionally associated with men.

-This week, I'm a firefighter.

-In Britain,

-only 4% of firefighters are female.

-Follow me, sisters,

-as I carry the flame.

-This is a dangerous challenge...

-..but I'll be helped

-by men holding their hosepipes.

-Is it me or is it hot in here?

-Fortunately,

-there's a fireman in our family.

-Uncle Roy has been a fireman

-for years.

-I'm hoping he can pass on

-some valuable tips.

-# Fire in our religion,

-fire in our language

-# Fire, fire, fire

-# Fire

-# Let's light a fire

-like the fire in Lleyn #

-Uncle Roy, are you OK?

-You're a member of the group,

-the supergroup, Plethyn.

-Since when have you been a fireman?

-A fireman?

-I've never been a fireman, Lisa.

-I've worked in schools for years.

-I've worked in schools for years.

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-What?

-Hiya, Mam?

-Uncle Roy isn't a fireman.

-No, really. He says he's a teacher.

-Morriston Fire Station.

-I'm going to learn

-how to be a fireman.

-Come and see the hunks.

-The Mid & West Wales Fire and

-Rescue Service Training Centre...

-..is in Earlswood near Neath.

-I'm here for some fire-fighting

-experience.

-I'm kitted out and learning the

-basics before you can say Sam Tan.

-Ah, ah, ah!

-Soon, I was in pain.

-It became apparent why everyone

-else was practically bald!

-I need something.

-I need something.

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-I think, next time...

-..we'll use one of these.

-The choice is to wear that

-or get the clippers out.

-This, please.

-Do I look as if I'm in

-an eisteddfod? "The Badger."

-Let's go outside

-and get ready for the run.

-Come on, boys.

-This is the first task.

-We're all getting ready

-to go into the rat-run.

-Lisa will be heading for this cage.

-She'll enter through that door

-and go into the cage.

-Everyone in the fire service

-goes through this test.

-It's a tight space.

-I have to find my way out.

-I'll be wearing this blindfold mask.

-I won't be able to see a thing.

-I also have this hulk of bulk

-on my back.

-Unfortunately, a lot of people

-are very claustrophobic.

-Lisa might struggle

-to complete this test.

-It could get messy.

-Get ready for some screaming.

-Are we ready? I am.

-I can't even see the floor.

-I can't even see the floor.

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-You're not supposed to.

-Stand still, Lisa.

-As each layer went on,

-I heard and saw less.

-I felt like a big teddy bear,

-but with a mask and oxygen tank...

-..on its back.

-You're doing well, Lisa.

-Remember what's on your back.

-Don't worry about the other hand -

-keep going.

-Easy does it.

-How do you feel now?

-Feet down.

-This is a tricky part so keep

-your chest close to the ground.

-Take care as you go through.

-OK, well done, Lis.

-Use your hands and feet

-to work out which way to go.

-Keep going.

-OK, this is tricky.

-Sit on your backside.

-Bring your backside under.

-With my pulse racing,

-I felt like a badger with asthma.

-And then come out.

-Well done, Lis.

-You're almost there.

-I've never been happier

-to feel a man's hand on me.

-Watch the hair, Carwyn, really!

-Hold on. We'll change the cylinder

-and go back through.

-No, we won't!

-Can you see the sweat? That was

-horrible, absolutely horrible.

-My wrists hurt.

-My knees hurt.

-I did have a little panic

-but I finished it way before these!

-Do you need some help

-or are you alright?

-OK, keep going, you're doing well.

-But Carwyn

-hadn't finished with me yet.

-He wanted me to go through

-that hole.

-If a fireman's helmet

-can go through any hole...

-..so can any part of the body.

-I don't think he's seen hips

-like mine before.

-Mastering the cage task and

-squeezing through tight spaces...

-..can save lives and produce

-embarrassing shots for the camera.

-Whoo-hoo!

-Pull the set through the hole.

-Next, we're going to prepare you

-for the emergency call.

-The quickest way to come down

-from upstairs is by using the pole.

-In you go, have a look at the pole.

-You'll slide down the pole and

-we'll be away to extinguish a fire.

-Happy?

-No, Aled.

-Great. Follow me.

-Here's the pole.

-Here's the pole.

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-It's like walking to Death Row.

-You'll be fine.

-Look ahead, not down.

-I'll open the door

-and Tony will give us a hand.

-He'll keep the door open

-and make sure you're safe.

-Here's what you have to do.

-Place your hands on the pole

-and lean onto it.

-The last thing you do is wrap

-your legs around it and slide down.

-Tony and I will hold you

-so don't worry about it.

-We'll hold you.

-Lean onto it, lean onto it.

-Like this, like this? Aaahhh!

-No, I can't.

-I'm going to cry before I reach

-the bottom. I'm welling up now.

-I'm tired.

-You've worked me too hard.

-Oh, my God.

-Go in, press your breastbone

-against the pole.

-Step off, step off.

-I'm not gripping it with my hands.

-Hold it as tight as you can

-and step on.

-One... Oh, my God.

-My foot hurts,

-I'm pressing it so hard.

-One... two...

-..three!

-I'm so close to doing it.

-Go on then, well done, well done.

-OK, got it. Let go.

-Ooh! Oh, my God.

-I definitely let go.

-Don't worry, you're alright.

-Fair play,

-she showed a lot of confidence.

-She was very emotional

-but she did the job!

-OK, so I just did it.

-I didn't do a great job.

-I let go halfway through.

-Beep-beep!

-Aled's on his way down.

-Here he comes.

-I really didn't enjoy that.

-You did a brilliant job.

-I'm very proud of you.

-That's probably

-your scariest experience yet.

-After that dramatic experience...

-..I joined Sketty Fire Brigade's

-weekly training run.

-This was one of the best rides

-I'd ever had.

-Today's task - rescue a person

-from a height and extinguish a fire.

-I'm not quite ready.

-This tower is much higher

-than the pole...

-..but this time,

-I'm strapped in with a hunk.

-Do you want a hand-up?

-Do you want a hand-up?

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-Thank you.

-No problems. Perks of the job.

-After the rescue,

-it was time to put the fire out.

-I could control the water using

-a remote control on the ground.

-This was like playing

-in the arcade in Aber fair.

-I'm hoping to win a goldfish!

-That's it, after all the fuss

-on a five-metre pole...

-..I've just been lifted

-30 metres up.

-I was squirting water

-onto the towering inferno!

-Thank you very much, boys,

-for letting me go up there...

-..and for letting me control it.

-Was I alright?

-Excellent. Really good.

-You can start on Monday.

-You can start on Monday.

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-God. Lunch then. Come on, boys.

-Hopeless!

-After learning

-how to extinguish a fire...

-..it was time for me to come

-face-to-face with the devil itself.

-What's this, Carwyn?

-We use this container -

-we call it the window demonstrator.

-We fire it up...

-..and we watch

-how the fire develops.

-It helps show the firefighters

-the dangers of a flashover.

-What's that?

-The fire spreads across the ceiling

-and air will filter in.

-A flashover happens when

-everything in the room is alight.

-You can see it - it'll flash.

-After that happens,

-we'll close the container down.

-The fire will die out.

-That replicates instances

-when crews attend a house fire...

-..the fire has died down

-and all the windows are intact.

-The crews know

-that if they open a door...

-..the house fills with air

-and that can cause a backdraught.

-You'll see the fire and flames being

-blown out through the entrance.

-OK, I can't wait for that.

-We teach crews how to deal

-with flashovers and backdraughts...

-..and how to enter and extinguish

-a compartment fire.

-I didn't understand a lot

-of what Carwyn said.

-So I'll sit back and watch a taste

-of the dangers that lie ahead.

-Whoo!

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-Tonight,

-I'm trying to be a firefighter.

-This is the river Teifi

-and I'm about to experience...

-..a lesser-known duty

-of a firefighter.

-We'll start in this patch.

-The water's flowing slowly.

-As you improve, we'll throw you

-into more dangerous waters.

-OK. You said that

-with a smile on your face.

-It'll be alright.

-You'll really enjoy it.

-This is how we train firefighters

-to deal with water rescue.

-My heart is beating

-as I approach the river.

-What if I hit my head, or worse

-still, my backside, on the rocks?

-I look like a Teletubby

-but at least I didn't fall!

-Aled explained to me what I had

-to do to float on the water...

-..but I was more concerned

-about the current.

-With Carwyn's support,

-I ventured into the water.

-I'm stuck on a rock like a whale!

-Whoo-hoo!

-Carwyn, are you there?

-Two hands, two hands.

-Right hand, right hand.

-Massive fail.

-I had no control

-of my body or my mind.

-Carwyn had to manhandle me

-all the way down.

-Yes, I quite enjoyed that.

-This stretch of water

-is more dangerous.

-We'll rescue her

-if she needs rescuing.

-Hopefully, she can rescue herself.

-Following my first fail,

-I wasn't look forward to this.

-On the other hand, I could call

-on a handsome fireman to rescue me.

-Watch and learn, girls!

-Hello, Bafta.

-Got her!

-Considering how nervous you were

-earlier this morning...

-..you didn't really

-want to get into the water, did you?

-You're a different person now.

-Carwyn looked after you.

-It's important to show

-that it's not a job for the boys...

-..it's a job for everyone

-and you proved that just now.

-Back in Earlswood,

-Carwyn had a drier task for me...

-..with a hairy member of the team.

-Welcome to USAR.

-This the training rig

-for USAR - Urban Search and Rescue.

-This is Roger

-who heads one of the teams.

-This is Sparky,

-an important member of the team.

-He can show us

-where people are located...

-..when a building collapses

-during an earthquake.

-Sparky can detect the smell

-of survivors in confined spaces.

-Do you think he could find me

-a date for Saturday night?

-Sparky's found someone

-in the tunnel.

-We'll climb up to the roof which has

-the only unblocked entrance.

-We've rigged up some apparatus

-and we can lower you down.

-How many stones does this hold?

-We can lower two people at a time.

-You're not the same size

-as two people.

-Thanks, Carwyn!

-Oh, no, I'm like Bridget Jones!

-Oh, no, I'm like Bridget Jones!

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-Watch your back.

-I'll go down

-and meet you at the bottom.

-Down to the ground.

-Stop.

-We'll move on

-and squeeze through the hole.

-It's a narrow tunnel but it doesn't

-reflect the real-life challenge...

-..where you encounter rubble

-and injured people.

-But me and my hips squeezed through

-the clearing like a whippet.

-Whoo-hoo!

-Whoo-hoo!

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-Well done, Lisa.

-How was that?

-How was that?

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-Easy.

-That was easy.

-That was easy.

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-It was easy?

-Fortunately for you, in a real-life

-rescue in someone's home...

-..we encounter furniture,

-televisions, beds and dishwashers.

-If the whole building has collapsed,

-there are many obstacles.

-That was a taster.

-Where was the injured person?

-He was clear.

-He'd stood up and walked away.

-He's gone for a cuppa! You took

-such a long time to come down!

-Lucky I was slim

-to fit through there!

-I couldn't comment on that.

-Not a word.

-After a day and half of training, I

-was ready for my greatest challenge.

-This challenge would show

-if I could do the job or not.

-Time to tackle the fire, but first,

-some training on hosepipe control.

-Carwyn must have

-a lovely garden at home.

-You've learned how to use

-the branch...

-..and how to get the droplets of

-water into the gases and the fire...

-..to hold the fire back.

-We're going to light a fire

-in the container.

-We'll stay in the container

-to watch the fire developing.

-Happy? I hope your eyelashes

-are still there are the end.

-I'm going to be in there,

-on my knees, with all the firemen?

-Happy with that?

-Happy with that?

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-Overjoyed.

-Yes, me and four hunks, together,

-in a hot, confined space.

-Where do I sign the contract?

-Soon, we had to deal

-with the situation seriously.

-The doors were closed and we could

-feel the 800-degree Celsius heat.

-They closed to door

-for a whole minute.

-Goodness me! I've not had

-an experience like that before.

-I don't think I'll be doing it again

-anytime soon.

-The steam bit wasn't as bad.

-I don't know

-if they cut it short just for me.

-I held Carwyn's hand

-until he couldn't breathe.

-I was lying on the floor

-like something out of a film.

-But I did it, I'm out and unharmed.

-I feel as if I'm on holidays,

-with a warm glow!

-That night, I joined

-the Swansea Fire Service...

-..as they tackled a house fire.

-Afterwards,

-I went in to survey the damage.

-As you enter the kitchen...

-Oh, my gosh.

-..you can see the fire damage.

-I didn't expect it to be this bad.

-The ceiling's fallen away.

-The ceiling's come down, yes.

-This wires above your head...

-..how do you know

-they're not dangerous?

-It's one of the first things we do

-when we reach the property.

-We deal with the fire

-and secure the building.

-We turn the gas and electricity off.

-I take it they've already done that.

-They say touch it with your hand!

-Look at that - do you want that?

-That might be a cause of the fire!

-Hidden away!

-What do you think started the fire?

-It's difficult to say right now...

-..and there could be

-numerous factors.

-It could be cooking,

-it could be the electrics.

-What often happens at this time

-of night is people go to the pub...

-..have a couple of pints,

-come home and cook something.

-They fall asleep and a fire starts.

-It's a huge mess.

-A smoke alarm would have

-woken you up. Everyone was rescued.

-Was the fire well lit

-before it was detected?

-I didn't expect so much mess.

-This isn't all the result

-of the initial fire.

-The fire could have started there

-and as the heat rose in the room...

-..another fire started here

-because of the heat.

-It would be so hot in here,

-other small fires would be lit.

-The gases in the air

-are also flammable.

-I wouldn't say it was alight

-for a long time.

-My final day's training.

-The boys have a special task for me

-- fitness.

-Great.

-One, two, three, go.

-Bring the cone closer.

-Bring the cone closer.

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-Around the cone!

-Every apprentice firefighter

-must complete the course...

-..in 5'47" or less.

-A training course

-lasts for six weeks.

-Failing to complete this task in the

-allotted time results in failure.

-Keep your back straight.

-Keep your back straight.

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-Down again, come on.

-In this suit, it's not easy.

-I'm frying.

-And down. Finished.

-Alright?

-That was never five minutes

-and forty-seven seconds.

-You only just missed it.

-About twenty seconds out.

-Twenty seconds.

-I want to do it again now.

-Yeah. We'll let you off.

-With some extra training,

-you'd fly through that.

-That's it - I've experienced

-another profession successfully.

-I had a lot of fun

-and I greatly admire firemen.

-Girls, if I can do it, anyone can.

-What do you think?

-You did quite well.

-Quite well, fair play.

-For a girl off the streets to do

-what you did in three days is good.

-If anyone wants

-to join the fire brigade now...

-..log on to the internet

-to see what you need to do.

-How did I do?

-I'd take my hat off if I was

-wearing one but this is a helmet!

-Fair play, you were really good.

-You didn't give up

-on that challenge.

-Even though you just missed

-the time...

-Did you have to mention that?

-Well, thanks for having me. I've

-enjoyed myself. Thank you, boys.

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