Pablo Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Last update 45 mins ago, 30 fire engines as fire has spread to over 5 sq miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 2, 2018 Author Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 Pictures showing portaloos being brought in. Hadn't thought about that sort of stuff; a bloody big logistical job to back up the firefighters. I was thinking about how the arsonists should be punished; I reckon they should be taxed at a higher rate than normal folk and that cash given directly to the services concerned. Not sure they'd ever pay it all back throughout their working life, but would help a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) If anyone wants to ‘chip-in’ for a pint or 2 for the firemen after their shift, you can do so at Bunburys on Chorley Old road. Edited July 2, 2018 by Pablo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 2, 2018 Author Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 If anyone wants to ‘chip-in’ for a pint or 2 for the firemen after their shift, you can do so at Bunburys on Chorley Old road. After 12 hours up there, I assume they don't drink it but absorb it by osmosis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonk Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Pictures showing portaloos being brought in. Hadn't thought about that sort of stuff; a bloody big logistical job to back up the firefighters. I was thinking about how the arsonists should be punished; I reckon they should be taxed at a higher rate than normal folk and that cash given directly to the services concerned. Not sure they'd ever pay it all back throughout their working life, but would help a bit. Surely they could piss on the fire, every little helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted July 2, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 Does seem to have got worse the last hour or so That helicopter pilot must be fucking dizzy by now. They need at least another 3/4 helicopters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 2, 2018 Author Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 Surely they could piss on the fire, every little helps There seems to be so much bottled water donated to fire stations that perhaps they might start using it. Anyway, once read a story in the Fortean book of strange deaths: after a serious forest fire (somewhere big) the body of a man was found. The strange thing was he was wearing a rubber diving suit. Investigations concluded the poor fucker was undertaking his hobby in a lake which was being used by planes for scooping up water for dousing the flames. He'd been inadvertently scooped up and dumped on the flames! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 There seems to be so much bottled water donated to fire stations that perhaps they might start using it. Anyway, once read a story in the Fortean book of strange deaths: after a serious forest fire (somewhere big) the body of a man was found. The strange thing was he was wearing a rubber diving suit. Investigations concluded the poor fucker was undertaking his hobby in a lake which was being used by planes for scooping up water for dousing the flames. He'd been inadvertently scooped up and dumped on the flames! Funny, was thinking about that other day when they called the choppers in. We were told that story in a school assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 There seems to be so much bottled water donated to fire stations that perhaps they might start using it. Anyway, once read a story in the Fortean book of strange deaths: after a serious forest fire (somewhere big) the body of a man was found. The strange thing was he was wearing a rubber diving suit. Investigations concluded the poor fucker was undertaking his hobby in a lake which was being used by planes for scooping up water for dousing the flames. He'd been inadvertently scooped up and dumped on the flames! Great story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Latham8WFC Posted July 2, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 Someone at work said that the Fire Fighters didn't seem to be wearing much PPE? I assume, if MickyD or if anyone else can advise, that what they are wearing is well within the required standards? Also, would they sign any legal waivers before attending a fire like this, or is it part and parcel of the job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted July 2, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 The reality is they ought to be wearing full kit. The common sense is that if you do you'd soon keel over through heat exhaustion. Note they will all be wearing boots and over trousers. If the flames are too big then step back. Once the fuel had gone get back close in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted July 2, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 Might be worth starting another thread. Fire looks better today, lot less smoke billowing off the hill, maybe they're getting a grip. Some of the videos/photos prove what a set of heroic lunatics they are. Just to add a WWays element to it, one of the firefighters who tweeted earlier is this lass: https://twitter.com/l_herdman I didn't look for her facebook pictures of her on a firemans pole, my mate did. He says they're very very good.... A pretty lass. Went to a retirement at the beginning of June where I met one of the new firefighters on my old watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 2, 2018 Author Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 Trying desperately not to look down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Trying desperately not to look down faver a pair of spaniel's ears them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 2, 2018 Author Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 faver a pair of spaniel's ears them Boooooo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madthatter Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Boooooo Don't get me wrong I'd be happy to cocker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Went to a retirement at the beginning of June where I met one of the new firefighters on my old watch. Micky trying his hardest not to do a Corbyn faux pas from the other night Anyway...I’d definitely hound her...... Great little vid here... https://mobile.twitter.com/2br/status/1013788038613422080 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Driving through Egerton on my way home it's looking like it's come right down the hill and not very far away from there at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted July 2, 2018 Author Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 Has it crossed Belmont road then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Hardly any smoke coming off the hill at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted July 2, 2018 Site Supporter Share Posted July 2, 2018 I reckon they’ve got a grip now. Definitely a numbers game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Has it crossed Belmont road then? Can't imagine it crossed the road but I was genuinely shocked it had come so far down the hill. On my way to work in the morning I couldn't see it at all so it must've progressed a fair bit during the day. If it started in Rivington and has ended up right down next to Belmont Rd that's a fucking lot of grass and wildlife that's perished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 The parents engagement at rivi is shocking, we hear nothing from them, they never call back, teachers not turning up to prents evening. Utter shambles. On the bright side, my lad is doing well. I think the shocking thing about Rivi is it shouldn’t be performing so badly, George Toms (or Kersley Academy) has a much worse and smaller intake, it’s not comparing like with like. Put it this way, all my family are teachers and been teachers in Bolton, and they would avoid Rivi as a school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted July 3, 2018 Moderators Share Posted July 3, 2018 Rivi was where kids went when they got kicked out of St Joseph's Fuck knows where the kids kicked out of Rivi went Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not in Crawley Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Not to George Toms, my Dad was too busy kicking kids out of there into Salford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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