I thought I read on PPRuNe a few months ago that, now that the Green Goddesses have all been sold to third world nations, the military will not be used to provide cover if the fireman go on strike.
Slight thread drift..............as QM in Kosovo in 2007 I took reciept of 10 x GG that were subsequently gifted to the fledgling Kosovan Defence Force. In comparison to the rest of the kit they had the GG were in pretty good nick!