Fair call Misterteddy
hope you didn't hurt yourself too much!
And everyone is entitled to their opinion - just the "tree" comment is what triggered that response.
And no - never been a fire fighter in your neck of the woods, only a member of a rescue unit & the manager of another.
So based on that experience, I made the original comment. And I know of plenty of other stations/ brigades/ units that don't trawl thru the paging site, trying to mine information before, during or after an incident.
So ok suddenly that info is gone, sad to some (including those with scanners), will it make a difference? Can't really see how, except in the areas you mentioned previously & if brigades & units are putting in complaints (not sure if the info obtained could actually be used officially to support such complaints anyway). Finally with the Gordon & Slaters of this world always looking for some new customers, I think SAAS is very wise taking that info out of the public domain.
Sorry if I came across a bit agressively in my previous post.
cheers