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Originally Posted by Army Wife'79
You have to be able to do your job in a timely manner. Could he have have raced up 40 flights of steps in a high-rise carrying his gear? It's no different than the Army soldiers who get kicked out if they don't make weight limits.
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How many 40 flight buildings do you suppose there are in his district of Scotland?
Seriously, more firefighters die of heart attacks than injuries on the job and it sounds as if this guy may be a bigger hazzard to himself than anything else.
Check this graph:
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/fire/LODD...s.ppt#292,9,US Firefighter Deaths by Nature of Injury, 2006 source: NFPA Journal,July-August 2007
They may be doing him a favor.