Smelling issues

Originally Posted by 454697819

To be honest, it wouldn't bother me, at the end of the day its about health and safety in the work place on some level.

I wouldn't expect anyone, police or not to have to be around that kind of smell for any longer than is A needed and B to protect yourselves whilst your there.

I'm possibly an odd one out but its my opinion.

I'm with you on that.

[appollo1]

Shell I can understand how you feel. When I am on the amblemence doing First Response and we attend a house that has a body or the house is very smelly i always think it would be very unprofessional to throw up in front of the people in the house.

I have the weakest stomach when it comes to smells and i always give a little involuntary cough more like a gag reflex when i first go in the house.

i carry a vicks inhaler in my pocket as it is only the size of a lipsal and can be used discreetly. yes it does open the nasal passage a little bit but it does help to disguise the rotten smell.

getting the smell out of your clothes is more difficult.

I knocked on a guys flat yesterday and even though I was a good 4 feet from the door behind a gate thing when I was chatting to him, the smell of urine and ammonia coming out actually made my eyes water. I was standing there thinking how can you not smell this??

[Shellywoozle]

Originally Posted by husky03

i've had one where the deceased had lost her best friend about four weeks prior, decided that she couldn't cope and took her own life, od'd on pills in her bedroom in the middle of summer with the window open, we found her about 3 weeks later badly decomping, gave the guys a hand lifting the body into the bag and her shoes came away from her body-with the feet still in them-horrendous smell, never ate for a few days and the uniform jacket i had on got binned.

Not far off what I just dealt with ........days later I still can't get this image from my head and the smell, well its still with me.

Jinxy, would have breathed thru my mouth but I was more conscious about swallowing the flies that had been having a good feed. Got bit loads that was bad enough.

As far as clothes go the only thing I can recommend to get rid of the smell is to use an Enzyme based powder in the wash . This would mean going out and buying a Bilogical powder for this use only . The Enzymes will attack the molecules that are creating the smell . I also suggest not to use the Tumble Dryer to dry these afterwards as you can lock the smell onto the clothing sometimes . I have been up to my waist in water that contained something that used to be a Human Being ..... pretty unpleasant <--- says he forking a mouthfull of Chilli into his gob and grinning .

Foot note : The injections afterwards were also rather unpleasant too

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

I have been up to my waist in water that contained something that used to be a Human Being ..... pretty unpleasant <--- says he forking a mouthfull of Chilli into his gob and grinning .

WTF!

What the hell did you and DaveP get up to at the weekend?

Pete

Breathing through your mouth??? NEGATIVE!!! Then you taste it...and swallow it...and like Shell says, what about the flies...BLEUGH!!!

Originally Posted by Bluepete

WTF!

What the hell did you and DaveP get up to at the weekend?

Pete

It`s all a bit fuzzy to be honest , I blame the Black Mountain Apple Brandy

[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by tactcom7

I knocked on a guys flat yesterday and even though I was a good 4 feet from the door behind a gate thing when I was chatting to him, the smell of urine and ammonia coming out actually made my eyes water. I was standing there thinking how can you not smell this??

You been round visiting the Duke of Edinborough again?

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

You been round visiting the Duke of Edinborough again?

Nah his ears weren't big enough!