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Window Cut-Down - Company Drill

The picture to the left is from a fire the other night in a two story 1,500 square feet residential joint. It had a gable roof and the second floor was made into one room with knee walls on both B and D walls. The window seen here was to the first floor bathroom.

For this company drill tabletop session or hands-on training, talk about and/or make a window cut down for rescue. If we need to open up this window and save our own or get a victim out, how would we do it? Saws? Hand-tools? Below are a few more pictures from the training ground showing possible techniques.

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