Some firemen pulled into the car park where I work the other week. They were in a fire engine. Three of them came into the shop to do a site survey regarding flammability of the site, storage arrangements of fireworks etc. Five minute job. Why didnt they come in a car, and why three of them to do a survey? Waste of resources and diesel?
There's currently a fire engine parked on my street. Four firemen came out of it, into a house. They house isnt on fire, yet they have been inside it for about 45 minutes as yet. What could they be doing?
there was a fire in a house in the road where i used to live.
a wheel chair bound old lady was unable to get out of the house.
i lived in a cresent shaped road on a steep valley side.
the fire engine came but could not get around the corner due to parked cars.(every house had a garage but not one car was parked in them)
the firemen had to run for about 150 metres, up hill, with caba sets on their backs.
they weighed 46lbs in those days.
they got the lady out who was a little shaken, but otherwise ok.
i could see all the neighbours wittering outside on the street, those same people who would hardly look at each other under normal circumstances, let alone speak.
later on, the concerned mob came to my door and asked if i would contribute to the buying of a land rover for the brigade so they could use it for our road..
i asked them if the would buy the ladders and equipment (breathing apparatus, cutting equipment, thermal image camera, ladder and so on).
i also asked if they considered buying two land rovers so that the brigade could transport the other crew needed to work the ladders, breathing apparatus, hydrants and water supply.
the main mob spokesperson said they could swap over the equipment as needed
i asked her how long that would take and did she think they would get here in time to save anyone...... i waited till it sunk in.. how piggin stupid she was!
i did tell the assembled people that it might be easier not to park on the corner and to walk ten more paces to their houses..
guess who was the person who always parked there...?
i suspect that woman is as thick as you!
dont you think that to have one man in a car would be one extra wage and and the price of a car, fuel, uniform, admin costs.
do you think that the brigade drivers might get to learn the streets, where the hydrants are, where the speed humps are, where there is dumped rubbish..
where fire hazards are, where there are factories or shops which have chemicals inside or owners of said shops, who lock the fire escapes with chains.
what about having a public face? about being nice to the little kids so they dont see firemen as the enemy and throw stones and set traps' when they grow older..
and yes, having an oogle at the women on the street so that they might feel like a woman rather than the drudge, that looking after your fat arse, makes them feel!
the fire brigade will put up smoke alarms for people in their own houses. a lot of those people are poor sods who might not have other visitors or they might be people who are too lazy to put up a smoke alarm, a sky dish yes!, but not something that might save their families lives.
what ever type of person it is, you can bet they'll have an opinion about issues involving the brigade. what then, should the brigade do? just leave with questions unanswered? alienating the public!
in this country, you get a vote no matter how stupid you are!
in your tory councillor world, what would the others do back at the station while the one was out and about in the car.
you work in a car park ! oooh.. you cant park there, its more than my jobsworth...
