THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY CELL PHONES FOR emergency calls are pretty well known. The biggest drawback is that the routing of the call can put the caller in touch with a dispatch center that is nowhere near the locality he’s calling from. [photopress:call_9_1_1.jpg,full,pp_image] This leads to delays in dispatch because the call-taker needs to ask more questions before the call can be re-routed to the correct area.
In an attempt to cut down on response times, the City of Ventura, California is proposing placing a “roving” fire engine on the streets that will cruise to peak areas during times of high activity.
Count your blessings, guys
Comments OffWHAT WAS ONCE THE MIGHTY BRITISH EMPIRE has devolved into childish nanny-state with simple bureaucrats seizing the moral authority to tell others how to live.
Here is just another example of how this once-great nation has lost its bearings. Three firefighters in Manchester are being disciplined because they laid down on the floor to nap during the night instead of using the official reclining chairs. It seems that the pencil-pushers who go home every night took the beds out of the fire stations and stocked them with $800 recliners. But, now get this, they couldn’t use the recliners until they had been properly trained on how to sit in a chair. These men who make snap decisions on how to save a life need to be taught how to sit in a chair.
The disciplinary action arises because the FF’s found that laying on the floor was actually more comfortable than the overpriced chairs. Can’t have that, now. And these poor, simple firefighters got caught because some officer sneaked in early one morning and rummaged through their lockers. Gawd, where has common sense gone?