Tag: 999

Fallen firefighter was filling in for pal

Deadline News Journalist - July 13, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE THE HERO firefighter who was killed on Sunday as he helped save over 20 people from a burning tenement was working as...

Shocked onlookers dial 999 as yobs attack “whale”

Deadline News Journalist - July 9, 2009

By Cara Sulieman SHOCKED onlookers called out the coastguard when they saw a crowd of yobs beating what looked like a whale that had been...

Paramedic faces boot after refusing 999 calls to heart victim

Shaun Milne - June 9, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE A SCOTS paramedic faces the boot after he refused to answer two emergency 999 calls. However William Munro, from Glasgow, blamed stress of...

Fire brigade get new zapping device

Deadline News Journalist - May 18, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A SCOTTISH fire service has brought in a new tool in the fight against hoax calls – technology that “zaps” phones and...

Brave policeman’s charity walk after neck break

Deadline News Journalist - March 11, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie A SCOTS policeman who broke his neck after falling 200ft down a mountain is planning a return to the hills to raise...

Ambulance service set up ‘field hospital’

Deadline News Journalist - December 15, 2008

By Cara SuliemanAN UNUSUAL approach to the increase in drunken revellers over the festive season will be put into force in the capital. A paramedic...

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