Avon firefighters are supporting the NHS by driving ambulances.
- Credit: AFRS
More than 80 Avon and Somerset police officers are ill with Covid-19 and another 47 could be infected.
Chief constable Andy Marsh is cancelling rest days and offering overtime to tackle lockdown breaches, and is also set to consider a request for officers to drive ambulances to support stretched NHS services.
Firefighters across Avon and Somerset have put in hundreds of shifts since the start of the pandemic driving ambulances and have responded to more than 1,400 incidents.
The South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWASFT) this week appealed to the region’s police forces for additional blue light emergency drivers.
More than 80 Avon and Somerset Police officers off sick with coronavirus
It comes as the ambulance service has appealed to the region’s police forces for additional blue light emergency drivers
05:00, 15 JAN 2021
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