Alerter - the firefighters blog

Road Safety adverts...

This one makes you jump...

Wear a seatbelt...

New words to an old Christmas favourite

The firefighters of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service have added new lyrics to The 12 Days of Christmas.

The song starts at around 2:20

Don't let the PPE Police see this!

This from BBC News of the rescue of a young boy from a safe.

Note lack of goggles, gloves etc. It's a Health and Safety nightmare!

Firefighters rescue boy from safe...

The fight to keep Windsor Fire Station open 24/7

Some time ago I joined a group on Facebook to keep Windsor Fire Station open 24/7. The guys there are running an effective campaign to get the decision to close the fire station at night reversed.

Here's their first campaign video on YouTube

Lap it up lads!

Just before the Premiere of Sex and the City at the Odeon Leicester Square and London Fire Brigade respond to an AFA.

Listen to the response of the waiting (baying) ladies as the HP gets extended (oo'er missus).

Fill your boots lads!

Normanshurst 01 turning out...

Found this on YouTube. Was filmed on 28 May 2005, so someone may be able to work out which Watch this is...

Stand from under!

That was close...

Get out of jail card...

I've hunted high and low for this video and I've come up trumps!

Any retained firefighters needing to find an excuse for not doing the DIY, not cutting the grass, not washing up or, indeed, any other job your better half has lined up for you - play this video and make sure the volume is turned up. Then find your shoes and head for the door.

Note: Make sure your alerter is actually near to the computer before attempting this bit of skullduggery. Most other half's are adept at spotting the wool being pulled over their eyes!

And for anyone who has not experienced the sound of an alerter at full tilt - just sit back, turn the sound up and imagine this going off at 3am...

Enjoy...

Ladders that stick like glue...

Interesting recruits video from the US - all done in the name of fun! Umpteen casualties in the tower on various levels so requires quite a few ladders.

But just take a look at the 9m ladder. Three man pitch and, unlike ourselves, there's not three rounds above the sill. Now take a look at the foot of the ladder - no one is footing the ladder for more than a few seconds at a time. And right near the end of the clip you can see there are now two people on this unfooted ladder.

That's a training need if ever I saw one!

Don't try this at home!

I think this was filmed in Finland...

I suppose they carried out a full Risk Assessment, decided the whole thing was potentially lethal and then thought, "What the hell, let's just do it" - but in Finnish, of course...