The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 393 Folkestone Fireman

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Suffolk County Council

Fire Service

M Hyde Esq
Lowestoft Fire Station

PER/SD/PFS
Miss S Davies
01473 588888
29th December 1998

Dear Mr Hyde,

FIRE SERVICES’ (DISCIPLINE) REGULATIONS, 1985

I refer to your letter dated 12th December 1998 (doc 6) and Mr. Seager's reply of 15th December(doc 7).

Enclosed is a copy of the information you have requested concerning Mr. X. Should you wish to clarify any of the records shown, please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone or via the Personnel Department fax machine (Ipswich 588993).

This information has been provided to you on the understanding that it is required in your capacity as Mr X's "accused friend" in connection with the disciplinary charges against him.


Yours sincerely



S. Davies,
Personnel Manager

The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 392 Folkestone firefighter

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Lowestoft Fire Station
PO Box 54
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR 32 2QA

your ref er/wr/djm130.doc

28th December 1998

Dear Mr Morgan,

As you are acting as the tribunal secretary in the Fire Service v SubO X
case I would ask you to forward the enclosed letter to ACFO Seager. I do this assuming that you are already in possession of all previous communication and that it is most appropriate that all correspondence passes via yourself.

At he same time I would ask you to sign and return the copy of this letter to acknowledge receipt.

yours sincerely

M Hyde

The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 391 Folkestone Fire Station

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The Times Saturday 26th December 1998

FIRE CHIEF SAYS WOMEN NOT UP TO THE JOB by Dalyn Alberge


Also who can forget the BBC report same day


Fire chief ignites gender row

Fire chiefs want to attract more women to the profession

Women's brains make them worse firefighters than men, one of Scotland's most senior fire chiefs has reportedly said.
In a study on equal opportunities, Her Majesty's Inspector of Fire Services for Scotland, Neil Morrison, is understood to have said female recruits - whose numbers he is seeking to boost - may be more suitable for support roles like fire investigation or control room duties.
Equal Opportunities Officer for the FBU Linda Shanahan said: "This sounds like a wind-up. It is hard to believe that he would go out of his way to undermine existing women firefighters in this way."
Gender relations expert Professor Gerda Siann, of Dundee University, said that the report was "awful".
"I completely disagree with him. The latest American evidence shows us the spatial ability gap between men and women is disappearing, and the overlap between the sexes is enormous."
The Fire Brigades Union in Scotland wants a central advisory council of Scotland's fire brigades to look into the report.
'Requires spatial skills'
Mr Morrison is reported to have written: "It would seem to be unrealistic to expect equal numbers of females as males to apply to become firefighters, the work of which requires, by its nature, the spatial skills of males rather than the verbal skills of females.
"Recent wide-ranging research into the brain differences of females and males emphasises that males, in using their 'visual right-brain skills', have advantages in solving manipulative and mathematical tasks - for example, setting ladders or positioning vehicles.
"Whereas females, using both hemispheres of their brain, are better with words and at recalling landmarks to find their way over a journey, using verbal skills to tackle visual tests."
Mr Morrison's report states that the findings are not conclusive and need further research.

The Suffolk Fire Experience - Doc 390 Lowestoft Fire Station Charity Auction

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Emergent Proposition) Fire Service Command Power Syndrome Theory (CPST)*

Fire Service CPST practitioners will resort to unlawful action and behaviour that is antithesis to an organizations formal stated rules, regulations and procedures in pursuit of their personal and collegiate goals

Faced with threats from an outside agent or group the FSCPST practitioner will seek to implement retaliation measures at the first opportunity.




*The proposition is generated from the development of this case study and the behaviour reported in Doc 387 & 389

Other propositions advance from the developments outlined in this blog which aid to construct an idea of the FSCPST practitioners mindset can be found at Docs 85,66 & 132, 158, 226, 265, 301& 381 Collaborating evidence is available right from Doc 1 in this blog. See “The Suffolk Hyde Affair” Archives at
http://thesuffolkhydeaffair.blogspot.com/

The propositions come from hindsight and repetitive realism.