ARMY To the rescue!!!???

wexfjord

wexfjord wrote: »

Agreed on that but members are not being put on standby, provisional numbers being determined etc. Certainly some counties are very active but I'm looking at two neighbouring counties where the weather is very similar. One county is out assisting motorists, elderly etc, the other has yet to contact volunteers to see who can travel etc, to determine what resources are available in the event of a shout. No good finding out all your volunteers are housebound half an hour after a call from local authority seeking assistance.

It just seems a waste of valuable resources to have them lying idle at a time of hardship to many,

Wexfjord, do you speak for the CD nationally? If not then how do you know what is happening across the country. And I'm sure the defense forces will be called on first as it is really equipment that is needed and they are available without taking away from the work force of the country. (I hope that doesn't come across as an attack on what CD do, it's not meant to).

At the end of the day it's just bad weather. People need to take extra care, drive safely and if your walking on untreated footpaths then take your hands out of your pockets. If you fall it may help!

And as NGA said, look out for the people who may be stuck in their homes especially the elderly.



And some people seem to have an issue with Deadwoods humour. If you do, there is an ignore button.

Leo Demidov

Its fair to say that i was speaking regionally about those counties whose members are known to me. I was trying to highlight in my last post the inconsistency between CD in counties which are experiencing the same weather.

Regarding the equipment, my personal vehicles are not capable of working in areas where some CD vehicles can. Regarding personnel, I most likely wont get back to work till weather improves significantly and have made myself available for that duration. I'm sure others are in similar positions, particularly over the weekend.