thank goodness for students
 

http://www.digitalhen.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14899140

Who was brave enought to get his feet wet to drag out a motionless body face down body from a fountain,

vs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17131333

Who are not allowed to show common sence and at least have a try.

Re: thank goodness for students
 

Well done to the student, perhaps all is not lost.

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What a sad joke that second story is. To be frank I amazed the two people in question followed the directive. That's almost as concerning as the directive. Despite story 1, I'm angry...again! bah.

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I'd call a man lying face down in the water "life-critical"...

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You've got to be f***ing kidding...

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This kinda stuff really annoys me. It reminds me of the Alison Hume shambles;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-15739209

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Sorry for droning on, but when "regs" are so blatantly inappropriate, why do good people turn into marshmallows and just follow like sheep (no jellyfish)?

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+1, I find that the 'control' are at blame for this, throw the script in the bin when you see someone face down in water. what did they do just watch? I find this article quite sick TBH.

Props to the Student, always nice to hear in a 'stable condition' within a life threatening situation.

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No doubt some pointy-haired manager (who has never done the actual job and knows f-all about it) has warned them against not following procedure as it'll negatively affect their targets/his bonus/discplinary/etc.

Half a boot deep? Have they not seen the condition of the roads in the UK, where the drains are never cleaned and so anything beyond drizzle causes vast lakes to form? That would mean they'd have to let a criminal escape because he's on the other side of the road, there's a big puddle in the way and he's not threatening enough lives for them to be able to run through.

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Make no mistake, I'm disgusted by that second story and behaviour like that has no place in my vision of an emergency service, but it's not really a very fair comparison. I appreciate the boating lake was described as "shallow" but entering any large expanse of water where you cannot see the bottom is always going to carry greater risk that paddling in a small fountain. Still a great job by the student though, well done to them.