'What’s Your Plan?'

Like most managers, Brad Savela wants his employees to be safe on the job. 

The general manager at Lakehead Scrap Metal has spent the past work week educating his staff on a variety of ways to protect themselves from injury, part of his North American Occupational Health and Safety Week efforts.

Workers and employers both have roles to play, Savela said on Friday, which is why he invited the Thunder Bay Fire Service to his Mission Island property for a pair of demonstrations on teamwork.

“The theme this year is What’s Your Plan? So we’ve taken every day of the week and made it our plan. Our plan is ALERT. That’s awareness, learning, evaluation, responsibility and teamwork. Today is T, so for teamwork, so we thought we’d get the fire department down here and watch how they do their job and work as a team,” Savela said.

The firefighters use the jaws of life to pry open the roof on one wrecker, then set another on fire to show how they work together to tackle a dangerous situation.