Please rest assured that our disabled supprters at the top of the East Stand were NOT "left to die" on Sunday.

The Stadium Safety Officer and 4 stewards went to the disabled viewing area immediately and took the Evac chairs with them. The Stadium Safety Officer ascertained very quickly that there was no actual fire (it was an electrical problem that caused the smoke and hence the fire alarm to go off) and that spectators would be returning to the stand as soon as the all clear was received from the Fire Brigade.

It was then explained to the disabled supporters that we would not evacuate them and the staff remained with them at all times.

Sarah Morgan
Halifax RLFC

Hanson and Aardvark, what's crawled up YOUR Rses and died?

BUT here goes. Yes you can get evacuation chairs, but you need trained personnel to use them. Since most refuge points are in stairwells (protected by firewalls and fire doors, in theory they are protected from fire on average for about an hour, depending on the size of the building). Response times for the local fire brigade ALSO are dependent upon their proximity but say 15 minutes. There are, however, also unofrseen circumstances.
OBVIOUSLY all paramedics are trained in manual handling. You talk as though you knw some. My late Dad was one. His colleagues told me perosnally that they are not legally ALLOWED to take patients down domestic stairs. Now nobody else knows which of us is right on this, but YOU, Admiral, know that you are lying, so why spread flase information to win an argument. Just own up that you made it up.

I am astounded that you chastise me for "mixing up" H&S legislaton with spurious newspaper reports whilst at the same time choosing to believe spurious newspaper reports about 'Fax. OF COURSE they have a fir evacuation porcedure. They wouldn't be allowed to open if they didn't. The entire story is built around the shock of people who, like you, don't understand the law.

Still, to paraphrase Shakespeare "Lay on MacMuffin!"

Thank you for that Sarah. It's a shame that some people WANT to believe the worst about a sporting club they don't support (but may be their rivals for a franchise spot)

Which I think puts paid to that.