Firefighters have called for greater protection after a new report revealed a catalogue of attacks.
Crews who face the daily threat of being ambushed, shot at, stabbed and abused, according to the the Fire Brigades Union.
It claims that the number of incidents is increasing even though official figures show a fall in attacks against crews.
The union says there are 40 attacks on firemen and women every week and said the number of incidents recorded by fire authorities in England and Wales are four times those in the official Government statistics.
Attacks increased by 15% last year but official Government figures showed a dramatic fall of 68%, said the union.
In some parts of the country, attacks are so frequent that they are no longer reported, according to the FBU.
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what a sad country we’re living in now,there’s NO respect NO law and order nowa days thats the trouble,bring back thr birch and bigger fines for them and the parents and if that does’nt work turn the hose on them,name and shame them in all the news,our services are just doing there jobs not to be spat at abused swearing throwing bricks etc etc, we need a law with guts and nu labour hav’ent got any to much pc human right rubbish killing the system,just look at the scumbags who killed that lorry driver by throwing a slab off a bridge, 3 years he’ll be out in 14 months where’s the deterrent,we’re a weak do gooders country at the moment till we start to stand up and say enough is enough this kind of crap will continue for years to come,don’t it make ya proud to be british no.
Enough is enough.95% of the population in this country have no ” rights ” at all.Every polititian should hang their head in shame.
We either come out of the EU and start to run our own affairs again or we cede control fully to Europe
and operate a skeleton staff at
Westminster.
It is 360 years since our last civil war but it won’t be long before the next one unless someone stands up for the 95% again. Please don’t let my comments be wasted. Thank you.
Its about time that permission was given for the fire brigade to spray the offenders with pink dye, the police can then go and pick this scum up later. The job that these guys do is hard enough without having to watch out for the lowlifes that think attacking them is fun.