Fire crews helping cut road deaths ...in Moldova

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue has given its old Zumro cutting gear to humanitarian charity Operation Florian, which works to improve accident survival rates.

Assistant chief fire officer Martin Blunden said: “This is a great cause that I feel really passionate about. 

“The road death casualty rates in Moldova are unacceptably high and I think we have a duty in the developed world to share learning with firefighters there to help save lives.

“People should be safe in the knowledge that emergency services are there to support them in a time of need, regardless of where in the world they live. 

“It makes perfect sense to donate equipment like this to help support that aim.”

There were 2,712 road crashes in Moldova in 2012 with 441 fatalities — a rate ten times higher than in the UK.

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