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I do not know if this link has been posted - but seriously makes you sit back and think. I found the link via the audi-sport forums.
http://minimumcover.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/and-t...
http://minimumcover.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/and-t...
Dunno what to say. Brilliant writing, very moving. Should be made compulsory for all the smart-alecs who like to slag off the emergency services. I am writing this on the 15:48 from Paddington, and we have just passed the site where 12 years ago on an October morning I clambered out of the London-bound train that crashed at Ladbroke Grove.
I was powerfully reminded of the sight of the Fire Fighters who arrived early before the rescue kit, They did absolutely everything they could to get through the anti-vandal fences to help us. My respect for all our emergency services teams is boundless.
I was powerfully reminded of the sight of the Fire Fighters who arrived early before the rescue kit, They did absolutely everything they could to get through the anti-vandal fences to help us. My respect for all our emergency services teams is boundless.
As a serving police officer, I can tell you that although the trapped man burning to death is thankfully uncommon, the latter half of the story where the author describes the attitudes of motorists who demand to be let through is an almost daily occurrence.
I know it's an inconvenience to have to take a detour, but please bear in mind we don't close roads to annoy you, it's because there's been a serious accident somewhere up ahead and it takes time to do the necessary.
Given the choice between being delayed and having to find another way to my destination or burning to death, I know which I'd pick.
I know it's an inconvenience to have to take a detour, but please bear in mind we don't close roads to annoy you, it's because there's been a serious accident somewhere up ahead and it takes time to do the necessary.
Given the choice between being delayed and having to find another way to my destination or burning to death, I know which I'd pick.
Wow.
Someone once told me that traffic police have to be a hardened bunch, as they often are the first on the scene, but it has never really hit home until now. I would imagine that the officer involved will never forget that day.
I find the lack of respect for our emergency services staggering.
Someone once told me that traffic police have to be a hardened bunch, as they often are the first on the scene, but it has never really hit home until now. I would imagine that the officer involved will never forget that day.
I find the lack of respect for our emergency services staggering.
In my area we dont carry fire extinguishers. They have been removed from our vehicles. Something to do with training.
Plus just a note on the above about traffic being a hardened bunch. Again in my area traffic would never be at an RTC like that. Due to their limited numbers and huge area unless its immediately deadly series they dont go. Its your bread and butters that get the majority in my neck of the woods.
Plus just a note on the above about traffic being a hardened bunch. Again in my area traffic would never be at an RTC like that. Due to their limited numbers and huge area unless its immediately deadly series they dont go. Its your bread and butters that get the majority in my neck of the woods.
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