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A company in England created a mannequin – 300+ lbs - so that fire and rescue personnel would have someone to practice with, on…

“It isn’t possible to simply add dead weight to one of our existing dummies, as that does not accurately represent the weight distribution in a larger person.”

“Our aim was to achieve a ‘fluidity of movement’ and our top designer Sarah Hughes created a dummy that replicates, as closely as possible, the body mass of a large person, creating a realistic training tool.”

The company is targeting a niche market and apparently has had considerable success.

Success because of?

The 300+ lb dummies everywhere that are more and more in need of being rescued from their knives and forks and dinner plates and happy meals and …