Firefighters face 40 attacks a week PersonnelToday.com, UK
There are 40 attacks on UK fire crews every week and the problem is getting worse, according to research carried out for the Fire Brigades Union.
The Labour Research Department found that in some parts of the UK, fire crews are 'served a daily diet of bricks, bottles and missiles as they fight fires' and ambushes have been set for firefighters, the union claimed.
The attacks include: scaffold poles being thrown through windscreens of fire engines; crews being attacked with concrete blocks, bricks and bottles; being shot at; spat at; equipment tampered with or stolen; direct physical assaults on fire crews; and equipment being urinated on.