Catastrophe Avoided!

 So very pleased , as you so rightly said, Brue  Having only left  St Agnes Beacon at 9:00  this morning I'm Pleased  to get that bit of news without having to trawl the world this evening.

Happy to be of service, Brian. 

It's on the telly as I type. She looks a bit feisty.

Their time was never wasted McW,  Its  all put down to gaining experience and training.  They just have to pretend its a fallen child or even a parachutist stuck up the tree, cliff or whatever.

As for the DGB bells in firemen's houses, I remember only too well the wiring up of such things --  you never hung them on the 'party walls'  in semis or, heaven forfend, aged Victorian Terraced houses - properly adjusted they could wake the neighbour's very deaf dog ,  you know the one stuffed and glass dome mounted in Herself's Sunday Living Room

I remember  a false alarm at one place I worked, the FB arrived and turned it into a full on exercise, always something to learn

Their time was never wasted McW, Its all put down to gaining experience and training. They just have to pretend its a fallen child or even a parachutist stuck up the tree, cliff or whatever.

I don't doubt the training aspect. However, these are retained firefighters so (if they are employees) their employers have been inconvenienced & (if they're self employed) their clients have been inconvenienced....and that's not to mention the cost (in pound notes) to the fire service.

A lot of inconvenience, and costs, created.....& all for a cat.

As a council tax payer in Cornwall I’m very happy for the Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service to have enhanced their training by climbing up to the Royal Albert Bridge. Had they rescued the cat, it would have been a bonus. As it is, it’s experience gained and who knows when any one of us might be glad to benefit from their experience.

MacW, I honestly think you are wrong in these cases.  Not for a second do I think the Fire & Rescue Service were scrambled to help a moggy who had gone 'A Bridge Too Far'  .  Full time staff may be sent if they are available, have enough cover,  and capable of being diverted to a genuine Emergency shout. The part-timers ( Retained Men as you correctly point out ) would only be used during their "On Duty" time. In many ways it is no different to the R.N.L.I who also turn out to rescue dogs, sheep, and various people who go beyond their abilities & fall down sea cliffs purely at the request of the Maritime & Coastguard.  I'll not knock them either.

Brian

Tell you what....let's agree to disagree on the subject

OK, MacW,  After  all  it's a new month so .. .. .. .. .. .. ..