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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Operational => Topic started by: fleet57 on December 03, 2007, 06:26:18 PM

Title: Firefighting Appliances used as first responders
Post by: fleet57 on December 03, 2007, 06:26:18 PM

Am looking for som e information on what Brigades do if they respond to heart attacks of other emergency.
Would very much appreciate some feed back on this subject as i have been given this subject to investigate and would like to write a short paper on it.

Which Brigades go to heart attacks
What do Trauma Tech's do
How are you funded

Thanks

Title: Firefighting Appliances used as first responders
Post by: Kaiser on December 03, 2007, 10:21:48 PM

Nottinghamshire fire service recently had a court case because they tried to enforce co-responding on to some of their wholetime crews, they refused and were stopped 10% of their pay as a result.  The FBU took the brigade to court stating the co-responding was not part of a firefighter's role map and won.  The brigade took it to an appeal but lost once again.  The station at Retford may be a good starting point as this was the wholetime station where it was to be rolled out initially.

Retford Fire Station,
Wharf Road,
Retford
Notts
DN22