paulears Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Have a look at this! Two things. The Fire service can break H&S rules (their explanation) for emergencies, but not to remove bunting. Surely as people trained in the use of ladders they are the experts at using them safely, and must know the law. Banning their use, suggesting roads may need to be closed is a clear misinterpretation of the legislation - and if the fire service use this excuse, then the casual user could not use a ladder, based on the fact that professionally trained experts consider ladders dangerous - so anyone less trained than them must be unsafe too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutwo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Does anyone else find this enormously depressing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p.k.roberts Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I suspect a there's a bit of 'journalistic licence' going on with this story and perhaps a fire chief making a point about tight budgets .... "That could mean closing the road and using a platform to reach the bunting...... .... Unfortunately if we went down that route people might ask why we are paying firefighters to use our top level rescue equipment to remove a few flags, when a local contractor could do the job just as well." So don't get too depressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim433 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/april.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieR Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 That is a brilliant page Jim. Well found! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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