You have got to be kidding me!

A fireman is facing disciplinary action after plunging into a river to rescue a drowning woman.Tam Brown, 42, is the subject of an internal investigation by Tayside Fire and Rescue because he breached safety rules during the rescue in the River Tay in Perth.He spent eight minutes in the cold water and at one stage feared that he would be swept to his death. But after dragging the 20-year-old woman to safety he was told by his employer that he had acted improperly by risking his life.

Mr Brown, who has 15 years’ experience as a fireman, was hailed as a hero by the young woman’s family but Tayside Fire and Rescue said that he had broken the brigade’s “standing instructions” on safety procedures.

This is INSANE.

But wait! There’s more…

The brigade’s rules state: “Personnel should not enter the water.” The fire crew should instead have tried to haul the woman out using poles and ropes.

Stephen Hunter, chief fire officer of Tayside Fire and Rescue, admitted that fire engines in Perth were not equipped with the correct poles and ropes, but insisted that Mr Brown had broken the rules.

So not only do you not allow the teams to rescue people in a non-state sanction manner but you knobble them to stop people being rescued in the approved method (albeit in a pretty much “do it your damn self method) .

Stephen Hunter, you’re a pen pushing cunt in desperate need of a smack in the face. Get close enough and I’ll see if I can give fate a leg up on that.

Tam Brown on the other hand is an example of how we got to the top of the heap.