16-02-2016, 04:33 PM
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Re: Ambulance/fire engine
I saw some stats the other day about the huge reduction in house fires etc together with the increased role of fire and rescue personnel in both rescuing people in road accidents and, sadly, in helping transport the ultra-obese.There appears to be a crossover in roles, so I suppose some merging of operations seems logical. Dual-purpose vehicles? Dunno. Would need to see them. Presumably not monster sized fire engines with turntable ladders and things with a mini ER inside, nor ambulances with water bowsers, but some dual purpose medium-sized vehicles, with multi-skilled staff - could be?
16-02-2016, 06:02 PM
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Re: Ambulance/fire engine
Originally Posted by TessA
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Just heard on the local news that our region (south west) are getting vehicles which are both ambulances and fire engines!I have this mental image of firemen trying to put fires out while the patients are being rushed off to hospital, firemen being dragged along whilst clutching hoses!
On the other hand the patient being told to hang on while the fire is being put out!
Do you think this will work?
First time I saw this my reaction was as you stated but thinking about it might be a better system.
One Emergance service combined in America in England we have two.
Maybe if we had this system in the UK are Fire fighters might be more respected
16-02-2016, 10:02 PM
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Re: Ambulance/fire engine
Given the amount of time the average fireman spends just sitting around waiting for a shout, I'm surprised its taken this long to make use of all the spare time. All firemen already get some medical training so it seems logical to extend that and utilise this resource.Obviously fire shouts will take priority and fire cover will be maintained, just makes sense to use spare resources instead of them sitting idle.
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