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Originally Posted by Guinness
Bucking the trend here, and stressing I ain't got any evidence or figures.
IF there are fewer callouts as suggested in the piece
and, most of us are more fire safety aware than our parents
and, only 20% of us are smokers (which I believe used to be the greatest cause of house fires)
and, there are very few chip pans knocking around nowadays.
I'm not decrying the bravery or dedication of the fire service..but, since cuts in services are inevitable....
Do we really need as many firemen and engines as we once did? Is this not a sensible saving as opposed to reducing the amount of care given to someone with late stage dementia or turning off the lamps in the town centre making policing more difficult leading to a possible increase in crime?
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so whats next then
not as many kids get run over outside school these days so remove speed cameras from near schools
perhaps there are less fires because these firemen get in their firetrucks and fit smoke alarms to houses and also do check on them if requested
im not been snotty here im not a fireman but theres a lot more goes on than just putting out fires and a lot of work goes into fire prevention
if heart attacks drop in occurance have we to expect even less ambulances ?
seems to me teh firebrigade has been hit as an easy targetthat people wont realise how much we need until its gone