Quote chopjock - "Does that include narrow country lanes that are blocked by traffic, floods, snow and ice etc?"
I'll humour you. If one end is blocked by traffic, we will send another truck the other way, or, go around ourselves. Far quicker than landing ahalf a mile away and ferrying the equipment needed to the incident. I have never in twenty years, NOT been able to reach an RTC with a normal front-line fire engine, rural areas and urban, let alone a 4x4, (which, incidently, are rather good at moving through floods, snow and ice etc). Your average motorist generally moves out of the way when they hear our sirens and see our blue lights. Even on narrow country lanes. Parking on narrow streets on the other hand IS a problem, but, I don't think even Mr Paxton is going to help there. Unless he intends to let us abseil out of his aircraft ala 'Who Dares Wins'?
Last edited by thedandyfireman; 16th Jan 2013 at 12:55.