April 03, 2008
Firefighters Fined For RushingTo Fires
Australian firefighters in New South Wales have been issued speeding citations for rushing to fires and other emergencies according to AAP via Yahoo! Australia.
It's true here as well that firefighters and paramedics must obey all laws of the road but I've not heard of anyone being cited responding to an emergency.......at least in my experience.
"NSW firefighters have been issued with speeding tickets after rushing to life-threatening emergencies.
The state government's State Debt Recovery Office is sending infringement notices to the homes of individual fire truck drivers and then leaving it up to the drivers to sign statutory declarations or take the matter to court to avoid paying the fines..
"The Fire Brigades Employee Union said it had issued a directive to its members not to pay the fines.
"It's the government fining itself, then spending a massive amount of money to sort out that it doesn't need to pay its own fines," secretary Martin Flynn said."
The state government's State Debt Recovery Office is sending infringement notices to the homes of individual fire truck drivers and then leaving it up to the drivers to sign statutory declarations or take the matter to court to avoid paying the fines..
"The Fire Brigades Employee Union said it had issued a directive to its members not to pay the fines.
"It's the government fining itself, then spending a massive amount of money to sort out that it doesn't need to pay its own fines," secretary Martin Flynn said."
It's true here as well that firefighters and paramedics must obey all laws of the road but I've not heard of anyone being cited responding to an emergency.......at least in my experience.
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