This does NOT work in rural areas either. And, what works in urban areas does not always work in rural areas as well. They now like us to leap into our vehicles and go mobile no later than 30 seconds after Control inform us that we have a RED. So, we now can get to a job in 7 seconds quicker than a few months ago. Never mind that the job we are attending is 35 miles away due to the pitiful cover that exists in rural GB! If we don't activate ourselves in that time we are asked why. Seems like 'to go to the loo' doesn't cut the mustard! Stand-by/cover/jump cover has existed here for an eternity. Whilst we accept that it happens the true scary side is that we find ourselves potentially covering an area 50miles X 50miles - regularly. The environment is certainly not no.1 on the various Trusts agendas. We don't have the same volume of calls so now (for me) looking at things the way they are in cities/big towns it's obvious that crews need to stop.Stop and chill. And not just at mismanaged break times. Between jobs, stopping for five minutes to chill over a cup of water would be a huge step forward (tea/coffee for those who need their tannine/caffeine fix ;0)) It would not only improve morale but help crew health. One day, maybe someone will look at the carers and realise that we need a positive response and not to be whipped at every opportunity. TR - it's hard to think that your Union was happy with this but even harder to fathom what worse scenario could've existed! I hear myself saying over and over again... the job is fine. It's the management that makes it harder than it should be.