Fire Crews Need to Be Protected ; New Research by the Fire Brigades' Union has Revealed That Firefighters Are Being Subjected to a Catalogue of Verbal and Physical Abuse While They Are Trying to Tackle Fires. John Drake, South West Spokesman for the Fbu, Says That the Government Should Be Doing More to Protect Crews

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New research by the Fire Brigades' Union has revealed that firefighters are being subjected to a catalogue of verbal and physical abuse while they are trying to tackle fires. John Drake, South West spokesman for the FBU, says that the Government should be doing more to protect crews

Turn our high-power water hoses on them. Spray them with dye. Place snipers on fire engines to shoot the attackers - these were three of the more outrageous suggestions for addressing the growing problem of gangs of youths attacking the fire service as we attend 999 emergencies.

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Fire Crews Need to Be Protected ; New Research by the Fire Brigades' Union has Revealed That Firefighters Are Being Subjected to a Catalogue of Verbal and Physical Abuse While They Are Trying to Tackle Fires. John Drake, South West Spokesman for the Fbu, Says That the Government Should Be Doing More to Protect Crews

There are plenty of firefighters with military backgrounds, so I have no doubt that there are the skills within the service to take up all three.

But we fight fires, not teenagers - even teenagers armed with bricks, breezeblo...

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