HC Deb 02 May 1969 vol 782 c293W
Mr. Eddie Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether firemen are required by his regulations in the normal course of their duty to answer emergency calls for help other than fire fighting.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

A fire authority is empowered by Section 3(1)(e) of the Fire Services Act, 1947 to employ its brigade for purposes other than fire-fighting purposes for which it appears to the authority to be suitable.