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Summary:PROG 5: BURIED ALIVE
During WWII, the Civil Defence organisations were hopelessly ill equipped to deal with the effect explosions would have on buildings and the people in them - due to the risks to people trapped underneath, rubble had to be removed using their fingers, a process which could take days to complete. Fire-fighters resurrected these old methods when the IRA brought their bombing campaign to the mainland, particularly in 1984 in Brighton.
Description:MOVING ACCOUNTS OF PAST AND PRESENT RESCUES TRACE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.