“Communities need to realise that while our firefighters are being attacked, they are not able to fully focus on the job in hand – keeping everyone safe.'
. Figures from Fire and Rescue Workforce and Pensions Statistics [FRWPS] show that between April 2021 and March 2022, there were 983 attacks nationally, an increase of 5% from the previous year. FRWPS gather the figures using the Home Office’s Incident Recording System.
Earlier this year, a 13-year-old boy from Bradford was convicted of attacking a firefighter in Bradford and was ordered to pay £50 in compensation. Crews had been called to a kitchen fire but a group of youths approached and punched a firefighter. Mr Bush said: “These new Home Office figures may be shocking, but they still don’t give a true picture as they only cover incidents attended by firefighters through an emergency call. We have had firefighters attacked while out on fire safety visits, and while training – which would not have been recorded in the figures.
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