Should The Fire Service Get Fork Lift Trucks ?

Yorick · 28-01-10, 13:04

If they need to lift,carry and rescue all these fat f@ckers maybe it would be easier with a fork-lift truck ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8484556.stm

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The ambulance service recently pledged to provide more vehicles for obese people after a 30-stone man was dropped from a stretcher in Suffolk.
In March 2009, Kenny Williams was being moved from his home in Newmarket to a specialist ambulance when he fell off the stretcher.

Fire crews in England received at least 1,780 calls to help move obese patients in the past five years, figures released in 2009 showed.

Horse · 28-01-10, 13:12

FB have their own weight issues . . .

BBC News - Fire engines too heavy for roads

Five fire engines in South Yorkshire and the Humber region have been sitting unused since they were bought in 2007, a BBC investigation has discovered.

Each Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP) cost the fire services more than half a million pounds.

However, the vehicles have not yet been used because they are too heavy to be driven legally on British roads.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service blamed "a supplier's cock-up" for the situation.

Not like Yorkshiremen to waste money, eh?

Yorick · 28-01-10, 13:14

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Originally Posted by Horse

Not like Yorkshiremen to waste money, eh?

They've got 200 pies on each one for emergencies

go_slow · 28-01-10, 13:22

Planning for the future are we yozzer?

Superhero Tony · 28-01-10, 13:26

How would you get a forklift truck through the door?

mrlongbeard · 28-01-10, 13:27

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Originally Posted by Superhero Tony

How would you get a forklift truck through the door?

It'd have to be at full pelt

Yorick · 28-01-10, 13:35

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Originally Posted by mrlongbeard

it'd have to be a full pelt

Yorick · 28-01-10, 13:35

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Originally Posted by go_slow

Planning for the future are we yozzer?

Pan meet kettle

allybee · 28-01-10, 13:37

A cake on the end of a stick, to lure them out would be cheaper.

Danny_Two · 28-01-10, 14:01

Are fat people more flammable? Can fat really be used to make explosives or was that just in fight club?

Yorick · 28-01-10, 14:07

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Originally Posted by allybee

A cake on the end of a stick, to lure them out would be cheaper.

Velocette · 28-01-10, 14:09

Just dynamite 'em, works for removing whales from beaches.

Velocette · 28-01-10, 14:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horse

FB have their own weight issues . . .

BBC News - Fire engines too heavy for roads

Five fire engines in South Yorkshire and the Humber region have been sitting unused since they were bought in 2007, a BBC investigation has discovered.

Each Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP) cost the fire services more than half a million pounds.

However, the vehicles have not yet been used because they are too heavy to be driven legally on British roads.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service blamed "a supplier's cock-up" for the situation.

Not like Yorkshiremen to waste money, eh?

Sounds more like a specifier's cock-up to me.

The Reverend Counter · 28-01-10, 15:48

they already have them

Horse · 28-01-10, 19:27

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Originally Posted by The Reverend Counter

they already have them

200 pies?

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Should The Fire Service Get Fork Lift Trucks ?

If they need to lift,carry and rescue all these fat f@ckers maybe it would be easier with a fork-lift truck ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8484556.stm The ambulance service ...