No risk assessments needed either LesOriginally Posted by les_taxi
Amen to that but again they choose to do it and get paid for it.
let;s give the same praise to the civilian who jumps in a river to rescue a kid,or our brave soldiers having to stop and search a possible suicide bomber.
no one on here takes them for granted
How many firefighters does it take to save a drowning seagull from a 3ft deep pond?
Onlookers in Carshalton pondered this question after health and safety rules prevented 25 firefighters from saving a stricken bird, which had become tangled in a plastic bag.
The farcical scenes at Carshalton Ponds on Saturday saw five fire crews scrambled to save the adult herring gull, which was struggling to survive in the ponds after getting its foot caught in the bag.
But after a health and safety assessment when the five crews arrived shortly after 2pm, it was deemed it was not safe for firefighters to wade out in the waist-deep water to save the floundering bird.
After a stand-off, it was left to a wildlife centre volunteer to pull on his waders and walk out to save the bird.
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