I agree Dave the majority of our duties dont inherit the same amount of risk as our collegues of the County Ambulance's. I personally believe our Black and White No1. dress uniform is out dated and the the reason why alot of people are put of from joining SJA. Although we are trying to improve our image, SJA's got a long way to go. But with uniform such as our Greens being brought into operation this does leave me with some confidence that SJA national do have some idea about what they are doing. The fact is our No1. dress (Black and Whites) is fine for parades and formal gatherings. Saddly in our county the Black and Whites are depended on far to much, I agree we should look smart but at the same the uniform we are wearing and the condition we are faced with should reflect this. Anyway Im getting of the subject hehe. Thankfully over all we are not faced with many of these incidents and it is fair to say on the rare occasions that we are, we are well backed up.