River Freshney's hidden perils could claim lives of young people
THE River Freshney has hidden perils that could claim the lives of young people.
That is the warning from a senior fire officer who led a training exercise.
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Tough going: Even these experienced firefighters, of Cromwell Road (Blue Watch), find the going tough during a training exercise in the River Freshney. Pictures: Duncan Young
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Prepared for conditions: Specialist equipment, including thermal under clothing and specialist water rescue suits, were used in the training exercise
Watch manager for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, Colin Bovill said even hardy firefighters in thermal under clothing and specialist water rescue suits found the Freshney tough going.
The exercise, on Sunday evening at the New Catergate end of the river, saw nine crew members involved in a water rescue.
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It took place close to a tree which has a rope swing hanging from it, made by young people.
Watch manager Bovill said: "People need to be aware there are dangers and trip hazards. We used thermal clothing which keeps the guys and girls as warm as possible and special suits with inflatable aids and other specialist equipment. Even then they were still feeling the cold.
"A child in shorts or jeans is not going to last long before getting hypothermia. Kids think it is easy to get across, but even with three of our crew forming a link, it was still tough going.
"With spring and summer days coming up we would rather people experienced water sports at Scartho Baths than in the Freshney. It is not a playground. People need to be aware of the dangers. There are trip hazards and it would be easy for a child to twist an ankle or bang their head and get swept away."
Mr Bovill said the Humberside service had a responsibility to train using water rescue techniques and give crew members as much experience as possible.
He said: "We are keen to have the best-trained firefighters and rescuers and we ran through the procedures for that type of incident."
Crew members from Cromwell Road fire station also hauled a shopping trolley out of the river.
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by GRIM_oldie
Saturday, March 16 2013, 3:03PM
“Leveret:
From a gazeteer of 1850s vintage: "LOUTH, Lincolnshire (hard 'th' as in 'loth', 'loathe' [hence 'Luthe'! written in Scandiwegian]), thus as you know, writ as 'luðe', hence river and town of same name -- but I sense it was felt uncouth [with a 'Þ'] by the late Georgians and early Victorians, so they poshified it [sorry, 'gentrified'] to 'LowÞe', with the lower orders equipped with double vowels using, as is common nowadays, "Leowuth" [with a 'Þ'].
However, back to the 'plot' here -- building along the banks of the canalized river Lud has made the water-carrier less efficient -- but not as inefficient as the Laceby Beck, now almost 'Lake Freshney' in its lower reaches... and heading for a little bit more of a waster than that forecast by our headline here: Remember Ye Ludde Fludde?? W.Marsh¡tes, BEWARE!
...and try telling NE£incs Council, the Fire Brigade and the Environment Agency or The GT, ANYTHING!
'Kukkaburrus'come to mind most easily!!
Yrs aye...
A.G+g_o.”
by GRIM_oldie
Saturday, March 16 2013, 3:00PM
“Leveret:
From a gazeteer of 1850s vintage: "LOUTH, Lincolnshire (hard 'th' as in 'loth', 'loathe' [hence 'Luthe'! written in Scandiwegian]), thus as you know, writ as 'luðe', hence river and town of same name -- but I sense it was felt uncouth [with a 'Þ'] by the late Georgians and early Victorians, so they poshified it [sorry, 'gentrified'] to 'LowÞe', with the lower orders equipped with double vowels using, as is common nowadays, "Leowuth" [with a 'Þ'].
However, back to the 'plot' here -- building along the banks of the canalized river Lud has made the water-carrier less efficient -- but not as inefficient as the Laceby Beck, now almost 'Lake Freshney' in its lower reaches... and heading for a little bit more of a waster than that forecast by our headline here: Remember Ye Ludde Fludde?? W.Marsh¡tes, BEWARE!
...and try telling NE£incs Council, the Fire Brigade and the Environment Agency or The GT, ANYTHING!
'Kukkaburrus'come to mind most easily!!
Yrs aye...
A.G+g_o.”
by Leveret2
Saturday, March 16 2013, 11:56AM
“Superstrut, you're tragic
You know
Hard to believe
You're not shoals.”
by Leveret2
Saturday, March 16 2013, 11:54AM
“... because, of course, "we" don't know any better (and have mucked things up ourselves, good and proper); so are in no position to say.”
by Leveret2
Saturday, March 16 2013, 11:49AM
“Mill on the Fluth: an excellent name. I hadn't associated it with Louth, though (is "Louth" simply a modern pronunciation ?)
Re what ails the Marsh, I'd put it down to decline of the Church as a force for social cohesion (it isn't just the Marsh, of course ... it's the same wherever you look). We've always had technological progress (windmills, for instance). And contrarian stances. They have to be told what to do ... but don't like it when they are. (They fight against any attempt to remonstrate.)”
by GRIM_oldie
Saturday, March 16 2013, 8:05AM
“Ah yes, mad-bunny :-D ...and your month too! Many Happy Returns (in more ways than one: old gr¡mlånð€r died on the altar in the temple of truth -- good of you to remember him).
Bullheads, or 'bullies', also; we called them Millers' Thumbs, so long ago, in the head- and tail-races of the mill on the Luð. Good name? Anybody who's seen a 'bullie' would recognize the oft-trapped thumbs of the miller, who couldn't keep his hands out!
Do you reckon it's latterday 'progress' that ails the yoof of today?”
by Leveret2
Thursday, March 14 2013, 7:24AM
“O, o, o! It's plastic
Ye know
Hard to believe
It's not shoals.”
by Leveret2
Thursday, March 14 2013, 7:23AM
“O, o, o! It's plastic
Ye kno- o- ow
Hard to believe
It's not shoals.”
by Leveret2
Thursday, March 14 2013, 7:23AM
“O, o, o! It's plastic
Ye kno.. o.. ow
Hard to believe
It's not shoals.”
by Leveret2
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 11:17AM
“Struts! Yes; well remembered, Grimlander!
(I'd forgotten the word, even; shows you how long it is.)
Bulli'eads too, sometimes.
Even as we speak they're probably mutating into some new life form of glass-eating Super'ead or Superstrut,
decked out in metal fins with plastic teeth all lurking midst the silt and reeds ready to take on a new generation of unsuspecting Marsh!te.
Simple pleasures, eh ?
Maybe not so much a namby, though, as having to be told what to do the whole time (never having been exposed to true learning).
"Omg, here's a Superstrut!
But I'm only a 'young person' ... what was it the GET said ? Will it 'claim my life' ???
Whatever shall I do ?"”