Nigel wrote:I have noticed & experienced (no knock at you here, just a general observation) that the fire brigade seem keener and are more readily available to get involved in road safety issues than the police, which seems strange to me.
Angus wrote:I suppose this ties in with a current Archers storyline where a character got hit on his way home from the pub (allbeit by a drunk driver).
On a similar theme, anyone else note the story where one brigade's engines are being fitted with 6 cameras to catch motorists use mobiles, bus lanes and other offences?
James wrote:I take this to read that firefighters, will just be popping into pubs randomly, and reminding everyone that roads are dangerous. I like the incentive but surely this is not an effective way of educating road safety?
Its a bit like teaching one to "suck eggs" in my opinion... How on earth will they go about it...
ipsg.glf wrote: I'm not at all convinced that this is proper use of firefighter resources. Surely their primary role is to deal with fires ie.. fighting and preventing.
crr003 wrote:Nigel wrote:I have noticed & experienced (no knock at you here, just a general observation) that the fire brigade seem keener and are more readily available to get involved in road safety issues than the police, which seems strange to me.
Why? Fire/Ambulance have to get the crushed and broken bodies out of RTCs. Police don't. (Generally).
Standard Dave wrote:If it ain't on fire it must be a police responsibility.
crr003 wrote:Standard Dave wrote:If it ain't on fire it must be a police responsibility.
I don't know figures, but how many fires do firemen attend as a percentage of all the calls they attend? I thought their job description was expanded a few years ago?
Standard Dave wrote:The fire and resuce services attend a similar number of rescue type incidents to fires and with the co responding and community responding some services are doing for the ambulance trusts they are alot more than just water fairies these days.
Fire fighters do on the whole get a better response from the public than police officers as apart from a limited inspection and safety role they don't prosecute people. They also don't stop cars, arrest people, refuse people entry to licenced premises, confiscate cigs, booze and drugs off kids etc.
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