Reading recent reports of the firemen who recently refused to retrieve a person from a few inches of water because they had insufficient training suggests to me that there might well be a lack of personal moral fibre around in that particular "service" these days? Not to suggest that the firemen concerned were necessarily such persons; maybe they were just following orders. Maybe the rules put more fear into the firemen than venturing into the shallow water - an act which might have saved a life. That would be the moral fibre bit. And the Bobby who wanted to help was evidently restrained by these sorts.
The report I saw suggested that the Fire Officer concerned deduced that the victim was probably beyond saving anyway and so it made sense to wait for personnel trained in retrieving persons or bodies from several inches of water. For goodness sake ! So that's alright then?
These are the guys we rely upon to deal with life saving in emergency situations. If the reports are true then heaven help us - the "emergency" Fire service more than likely will not. If the reports are true then "Tossers" springs to mind - and I must say not the first time we have heard such reports?
If they are untrue then let's here from some of our brave emergency Fire and Rescue service - what used to be known, and respected as the Fire Brigade. I cannot believe they are really wimps - but that's what the reports suggest. Here's an opportunity to tell their side of the story - and I hope the reports are proved wrong.
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