11 Feb, 2018 @ 15:23
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Malaga firefighters banned from using life-saving equipment because they paid for it out of their own pocket

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FIREFIGHTERS in Malaga have been banned from using potentially life-saving equipment because they paid for it out of their own pocket.

It comes after five firemen were forced to buy their own protective legwear, or ‘zahones’, which protect their thighs when operating chainsaws, due to a lack of equipment.

Bosses of the Real Bomberos de Malaga issued a statement saying equipment must supplied from official sources.

It reads: “The use of any equipment considered as Individual Protection Equipment that is not supplied or controlled by the service is strictly prohibited.”

It comes after an inspection in November urged the Malaga bomberos service to provide workers with the right material to handle chainsaws.

Firefighters are warned that if equipment without the control of the company is used, they will be ‘usurping’ the obligations of the administration.

The warning comes despite the fact that the firefighting body has not yet complied with the requirement of the Labor Inspection in November.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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