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Article: Fire Service Carrying Out 42% More Rescues - With Nine Out of Ten Being Rescued Alive by Firefighters.
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- PR Newswire Europe
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- September 4, 2005
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LONDON, September 5 /PRNewswire/ --
There has been a 42% increase in the number of people rescued by the fire service from fires in the home. And nine out of ten are being rescued alive by the fire service according to the Fire Brigades Union.
But the Union warned there is no room for complacency or cuts to the service. It said some chief fire officers were deliberately underplaying the rescue role of the fire service to justify cuts.
The FBU called on the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to educate chief fire officers and fire authority councillors to assist them in making decisions based on facts rather than widely held myths. The chief ...