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Firefighters will drive ambulances, deliver medicines and collect bodies as coronavirus outbreak worsens
27.03.2020 - 14:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Firefighters in Greater Manchester will drive ambulances, collect dead bodies and deliver food and medicines during the coronavirus outbreak.
The move was agreed at national level by the Fire Brigades Union, fire chiefs, and fire and rescue service employers.
It will initially be in place for two months, then reviewed.
It comes just 48 hours after the union locally, agreed to lift a ban on overtime, which had been in place since October after six engines were axed from the region's fleet of 56
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