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Old 4th Oct 2011, 18:21
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OvertHawk
 
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Just as long as Avon don't try the silly idea they originally spouted of using the helicopter to replace 5 or six road based rescue tenders.

A helicopter has a potential role in some rapid response scenarios, however, it's availability (daylight / weather / serviceability) will only ever allow it to be complimentary to ground based units.

As someone who knows quite a lot about helicopters and a fair bit about fire-fighting too - i can't see the numbers adding up unless you use it to replace ground units - and you can't do that with the level of availability and reliability that you need.

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