TEIGNMOUTH RFC recently offered up a space for Dawlish's firefighters to undertake a vital confined space training exercise.
The training, spearheaded by Dawlish Fire Station's Watch Manager Langdell and firefighter Dan Force, saw the crew undertake a Safety at Height and Confined Space (SHACS) exercise.
And where better to undertake such training than at Teignmouth RFC, which offered up the perfect space for such training.
Upon arrival at the scene, the crew was faced with a person's reported in a confined space with an unknown atmosphere.
Two firefighters in breathing apparatus were the tasked with search and rescue of as many as five rooms, which were all in complete darkness.
It was in the fourth room where the crew discovered a person not responding, but they could not be reached without crawling through some very small spaces.
The crew of two worked together in the tunnel dragging the casualty as far as was reasonable before contacting more of the team to set up a rope and pulley system from the entrance: this decision allowed for greater mechanical advantage to help pull the casualty the rest of the way.
The casualty was retrieved successfully and all personnel came out fit and well.
A spokesman for Dawlish Fire Station said: 'Teignmouth RFC kindly let us use a perfect space for the drill and we had some quality rugby to watch whilst we were there too.
'It's great to get off station to do exercises and this was a great space to use.'