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ICLOK
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15 years ago

#21

Interestingly peoples views on here and a number of other sites (not just mine related) seem to have got back to the authorities... at least one of whom I know is already having a rather close look at what it would have done in the same situation...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

ogof
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15 years ago

#22

Someone should be up for Corporate Manslaughter for that!

ICLOK
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15 years ago

#23

Most definately... not the guys on the ground but certainly the a**holes behind the policy! 😠

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh Creeper!!!!!

yozz303
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15 years ago

#24

Did it cross their mind to ask Mines Rescue Ltd...they still exist and still have a base in Fife. Probably not.
Like everyone else on the list I am apalled by the crap response to this incident. I too was in WCMRG 16 or so years back (hello Roy!), and have been in a work mines rescue team too, and couldn't believe the story that came out.

regards

Ian H.

ogof
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15 years ago

#25

This may be of interest:

http://news.scotsman.com/news/Call-to-rip-up-rule.6130377.jp

Daz
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15 years ago

#26

I spent sixteen years as a member of a mine rescue team, nine years of which as the teams medical officer. A member of the British Cave Rescue Council and British Mountaineering Council. I sat as a member for three years on the major incident committee, and I've worked alongside all other emergency bodies. I cannot put into words my frustration at the way in which the fire brigade work, and the number of times I was called out to manage a simple rescue, after two or three fire crews had already attended the scene, and decided that they didn't have the necessary skills or relevant experience, or were held back by their own health and safety restrictions. Enough said! IP: 195.93.21.67

Daz