River Rescue Shows 'Slavish Adherence' to Safety has Gone Too Far
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I was most surprised to read that George Parsonage, who has probably more experience in river rescue than all Scotland's firefighters, should have been threatened with arrest as he attempted to rescue a drowning woman from the Clyde ("Lifeguard 'threatened with arrest' over river rescue bid", The Herald, April 27). For the fire and rescue service even to contemplate such a course of action is ridiculous.
Has slavish adherence to health and safety guidelines gone too far? The safety of one's employees is, of course, very important but the traditions of the emergency services have led the public to believe that staff would go the extra mile to save people in danger, even to their own detriment. Along with the recent incident when a woman was left in a mine shaft by emergency services for six hours and ultimately died, it seems that the public can no longer have confidence that this would be the case.See the full content of this document
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River Rescue Shows 'Slavish Adherence' to Safety has Gone Too Far
Bob MacDougall,
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