Strathclyde Fire and rescue

ahwell · 09-01-2006, 03:15 PM

I heard about this on radio five this morning. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/ Three quarters down the page entitled Marching orders. What are your views ?

sybylyfyrysms · 09-01-2006, 04:43 PM

idiots. they'd probably also think twice before rescuing a guy with a turban from a burning building.

Bruv · 09-01-2006, 07:50 PM

A better link .............easier to find anyway.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...336858,00.html

A most bizarre story.......my only thought in their defence could be that the gays in question were aggressively gay....and thought the firemen were The Village People

skinny · 09-01-2006, 08:35 PM

The race card strikes again!

ahwell · 09-01-2006, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sybylyfyrysms

idiots. they'd probably also think twice before rescuing a guy with a turban from a burning building.

Jump right in Syb for all your grammar your not as clever as you think you are.

ahwell · 09-01-2006, 09:13 PM

What a lot of people do'nt realise is that these crews are for the most part taken off the run (emergency duties) to fulfill new government criteria. So Syb if your house was burning 400 yards from that event, That crew would not respond it would be the next nearest station which may be two three miles away at best would you be happy with that ?

ahwell · 09-01-2006, 09:29 PM

Dragging your heals here Syb or have you forgotten to log off ?

Bruv · 09-03-2006, 10:44 PM

I read today that to send Firemen into this situation would be like sending Student Nurses in uniform into a Pole dancing club to hand out leaflets......thought it was a humorous comparison.

ahwell · 09-04-2006, 12:35 PM

That is amusing bruv. Personally i would'nt have a problem with it, however i can understand anyone that did and i think its unacceptable to be ordered into that situation. What i have more of a problem with is emergency crews being made unavailable for emergency calls to attend these events and many others like it.

sybylyfyrysms · 09-04-2006, 01:44 PM

i had assumed that these firemen were required to be in attendance at the march anyway (whether 'voluntarily' or as part of the job description). that they customarily attend events where they can target huge numbers of people with preventative information (thereby reducing the amount of emergency calls and time wasting). i understand they were disciplined for discriminating as to who they wish to hand out advice to.

do you know on what grounds they refused? did they play the religious card? or is it that they can handle backdrafts and bottle-throwing but not a bit of playful taunting and flirting.

i've be on the receiving end of some laddish sexual attention and comment from firemen-at-ease, gladly trading on their uniformed image. that's fine with me. i wonder if the disciriminating firemen would refuse to leaflet the pole dancing club.