To any body reading this, ukfssart, fire-fighters man on the street or 'management'
We are not chomping at the bit to get out there.
We are not ambulance chasers or thrill seekers. We don't care about politics, diplomatic relations or scoring points.
We have the skills to make a difference, search and rescue, medical, we can set aid camps up, sort out water purification we have boat handlers and swift water rescue technicians. Logistics and more, much much more.
We have two qualified paramedics in our team and 6 of us have recently completed the Medicine In Remote Area Course at ex-med (fantastic do it if you can). Christ, there is enough medical knowledge in my team alone to set up a field hospital. Vital skills that have been specifically requested by desperate, desperate governments.
And I know because I have been lucky enough to work with most of them that all the other teams are as highly qualified and as professional as my own and I 'WAS' proud to be a part of the UKFSSART organisation.
I start my first day back tomorrow and will have to defend UKFSSART from the watchroom politicians and comedians-not an easy task when we have been kept in the dark and have no answers for ourselves let alone the workplace jury-I AM ASHAMED.............
We could have made a difference albeit only as much as a couple of dozen human beings can. But we could have made a difference, perhaps I will get a chance to hand tents and hotcans out.
I will close now, go back to the TV and try not to shed tears in front of my wife watching the reruns of fathers carrying the bodies of their children.
See you on the 'apron'?
Otto, S. Wales.
