¡°Generally will¡± is probably the size of it, John. ?However, I think that much has changed since the time of that particular horror.
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I think they have to, or generally will, when other human life is at risk e.g. Kings Cross fire disaster
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On Saturday, 4 January 2020, 13:06:40 GMT, zuiko via Groups.Io <
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Well said, John!
It must be very frightening for all concerned. I¡¯m not sure though about your point that firefighters must risk their own lives; I¡¯m pretty certain that their job is to save lives and property without *unduly* risking their own, but it¡¯s not clear cut.?
As an example, when a Tornado made an emergency landing at RAF Br¨¹ggen in 1996/7 the Incident Commander was slated for allowing the emergency personnel to remain under the aircraft while a fire burned internally and fuel dripped on to the tarmac. They were trying to gain access to the fuselage to enable fire fighting equipment to be aimed more effectively. Although no other personnel were at risk there ensued a long (years) discussion about the degree to which firefighters should be exposed to risk.?
Good leadership in the emergency services is essential, particularly when it is so markedly lacking in parts of the political sphere.?
Chris
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Dear Jude & Peter,
Still thinking of you. The accounts from Mallacoota sounded feirsome:
"It sounded like a jet engine, a far-away plane over the hill that we were on," Mr Van Der Merwe told the BBC.
Certainly, 10 Km is scarily close. I had no idea until you said that, that it was so close to you. The other factor is the unpredictability. I had heard of firestorms in? Dresden and Hiroshima, but obviously these were man-made. I read more about the pyrocumulonimbus events yesterday. I had heard of lightning strikes in the 1980 Mount St Helens eruption, but not from fires before. I feel sorry for the firefighters. Everyone thinks there job is to put out fires, but their first job is to save human life even if it risks their own. This means cutting people out of crashed cars, getting them out of burning buildings, dealing with nuclear, biological and chemical accidents. I'm aware the organisation is different in America & Australia, but often they have to pick up the pieces.
Thought about joining the fire service after BSc but was short sighted by then, which rules you out in the UK
Sorry, out of time at library.
Take care John
zuiko