Originally Posted by Typhoon Tripacer
(Post 10517152)
That statistic really got me interested. Checking the UK statistics there were 66 UK fire fighter fatalities between 1986 and 2014. Let’s say 2.4 per year. In the same period in the USA there were 3211 fire fighter deaths (inc. 340 fire fighters at the World Trade Centre) so about 115 per year. As the population of the UK is very approximately 4 times less than USA the statistic seems to stand up, at least as far as the UK rather than EU is concerned.
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Originally Posted by ion_berkley
(Post 10518050)
I suspect that the US stats include wild/forrest fire crew's, which is a whole different risk profile than your typical UK fire incident.
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Originally Posted by West Coast
(Post 10517997)
Mission accomplished, well done CG. Onboard the RN vessel also following the drug boat there were meetings upon meetings, the lads teleconferenced in the MoD, with a final result being to surrender the ship’s complement of iPods to the narco sailors. |
Originally Posted by racedo
(Post 10518547)
One sees one as sometimes being a mischief maker ;)
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Originally Posted by Fonsini
(Post 10517828)
If we show mindless bravery by jumping onto a moving boat (gasp !) we are foolhardy yahoos. If we “put a few rounds in the hull” we are trigger happy yahoos. If we let them escape we are incompetent yahoos. Welcome to the lens through which we are viewed. |
Originally Posted by bill fly
(Post 10518581)
UK firemen get shot at less than USA firemen (and ambulance men) when on the scene... https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/a...-firefighters/ |
Originally Posted by racedo
(Post 10518547)
One sees one as sometimes being a mischief maker ;)
Good to have a laugh from time to time. |
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