Training Manikins Ireland
Ruth Lee rescue training manikins for fire and rescue, water rescue, healthcare, ambulance, defence and industrial safety teams, supplied on quotation across Ireland.
Ruth Lee rescue and training manikins for fire and rescue services, water rescue, healthcare handling, USAR and custody training - from pool rescue and man-overboard manikins to bariatric and patient handling models. Realistic weight and build are what make training transfer to real incidents. We advise on matching manikin weight and type to the scenarios you train, and instructor courses are available through Phoenix STS.
Ruth Lee Rescue Training Manikins
Safety Equipment Ireland supplies Ruth Lee training manikins to fire and rescue services, water rescue and lifeguard teams, healthcare and ambulance trainers, defence units and industrial safety teams across Ireland. The catalogue is quotation based: identify the manikins that match your training scenarios, send an enquiry, and the sales team confirms suitability, availability and delivery before anything is ordered.
safetyequipment.ie is owned and operated by Phoenix STS, the fire safety and health and safety consultancy and training provider. Ruth Lee manikins are manufactured by Ruth Lee Ltd, and Phoenix STS is a Ruth Lee stockist, providing sales support, product guidance and after-sales service.
Popular Training Manikins
Fire, healthcare, evacuation, water rescue and specialist models from a category of more than thirty Ruth Lee manikins.
Who Must Provide This Training?
The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 requires employers to give staff the instruction and training they need to do their work safely, including emergency duties. In plain terms, if your people are expected to move, rescue or evacuate a person, they must be trained for it, and a manikin lets them practise without putting a colleague or patient at risk.
Under the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003, the person in control of a premises has a general duty to take reasonable measures to guard against fire and to ensure occupants can be evacuated safely. Realistic drills are the accepted way to show that evacuation arrangements actually work, and a manikin makes those drills repeatable.
In residential healthcare, Regulation 28 of S.I. No. 415 of 2013, monitored by HIQA, requires staff of designated centres to receive suitable training in fire safety, including evacuation procedures. In practice that means nursing home and disability service teams rehearsing evacuation with a realistic casualty rather than asking a resident or a colleague to volunteer.
Manikins from this category are supplied to fire and rescue services, water rescue teams, hospitals, nursing homes, ambulance services and defence and Civil Defence units.
Who Uses Training Manikins
Manikins from this category are supplied to these services and settings.
Fire and Rescue Services
Breathing apparatus snatch rescue and hot fire cell training with heat and abrasion resistant manikins.
Water Rescue Teams
Pool, surf and open water manikins that behave realistically in the water.
Hospitals
Patient handling manikins with realistic weights for lifting and handling training.
Nursing Homes
Evacuation drills with a realistic casualty instead of a resident or colleague.
Ambulance Services
Realistic patient handling weights for ambulance and pre-hospital trainers.
Defence and Civil Defence
Rescue and casualty manikins for defence and Civil Defence training.
How to Choose a Training Manikin
Match the manikin to the rescue you are training for. Fire crews practising breathing apparatus snatch rescues need heat and abrasion resistance; water rescue teams need manikins that behave realistically in a pool or open water; healthcare and ambulance teams need realistic patient handling weights; evacuation trainers need a casualty that can be moved through corridors and stairwells drill after drill.
Weight matters as much as scenario. Training with an unrealistically light casualty builds false confidence, so the range runs from toddler and child manikins up to adult and bariatric models, letting teams rehearse with the casualty profiles they will actually face.
Durability and environment come next: indoor handling, hot fire cells, open water, working at height and confined spaces each have dedicated models. The training manikin buying guide for Ireland works through these decisions in more detail.
Ruth Lee Training Manikins
Every manikin in this category is manufactured by Ruth Lee Ltd, the specialist rescue training manikin maker, and supplied in Ireland by Phoenix STS, a Ruth Lee stockist. The featured range is summarised on the Ruth Lee training manikins page.
Instructor Training
Phoenix STS also trains the trainers. The certified healthcare evacuation equipment instructor course prepares staff to deliver evacuation equipment training within their own organisation, and manikins and instructor training can be quoted together.
How Quotations Work
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Match Your Scenarios
Identify the manikins that match your training scenarios, environments and casualty weights.
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Send Your Enquiry
Send the model names, quantities and delivery location through the contact page, or call 043 334 9611.
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Receive Your Quotation
The sales team responds with a quotation covering suitability, availability and delivery.
Related Ranges and Guides
Training Manikin Buying Guide
Scenario, weight, durability and environment worked through in detail.
Patient Transfer Equipment
Slings, slide sheets and transfer kits for moving people safely.
Training Manikin FAQs
Start with the scenario, the environment and the handling method, then the casualty weight you need to simulate. Share those details in your enquiry and the team will recommend specific models.
The range runs from toddler and child manikins up to adult and bariatric models. Weights vary by model, so tell the team what casualty profile your drills need to reproduce and they will match a manikin to it.
Yes. Dedicated water rescue models, including pool, surf and advanced water rescue manikins, are designed for wet environments. State whether training takes place in a pool, open water or from a vessel.
Regulation 28 of S.I. No. 415 of 2013 requires staff of designated centres to receive suitable training in fire safety, including evacuation procedures. A manikin lets teams rehearse those drills realistically without involving residents, which is why evacuation and patient handling manikins are common purchases for nursing homes.
A live volunteer cannot safely be dragged downstairs, winched, dropped or taken into a hot training cell, and repeated handling risks injuring them. A manikin gives a consistent, realistic casualty weight for every drill.
No prices are shown online. Send the model names, quantities and delivery location through the contact page, or call 043 334 9611, and the sales team responds with a quotation covering suitability, availability and delivery.
Yes. Phoenix STS trains staff to deliver evacuation equipment training within their own organisation, and instructor training can be included in the same enquiry as the manikins.
Request a Quotation
Send the product names, quantities and delivery location, or call 043 334 9611 or email sales@phoenixsts.ie, and the sales team will reply with a quotation.