Firefighters Blame ’50 Shades Of Grey’ For 79 Callouts Involving Handcuffs
It is emergency calls that firemen are expected to answer, not embarrassing ones.
But thanks to the popularity of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, they are increasingly being called out to free people handcuffed to beds.
London Fire Brigade said it had turned out to 79 such incidents - and nine instances of men with rings stuck on their penises - and urged people 'always keep the keys handy'.
Third officer Dave Brown, said: 'Some of the incidents our firefighters are called out to could be prevented with a little common sense.
'I don't know whether it's the Fifty Shades effect, but the number of incidents involving items like handcuffs seems to have gone up.
'I'm sure most people will be fifty shades of red by the time our crews arrive to free them.'
The Brigade has attended more than 1,300 incidents involving people being trapped or stuck, often in everyday household items, since 2010.
Each incident costs taxpayers at least £290, meaning they have cost at least £377,000.
In 2010/11 crews attended 416 incidents; in 2011/12 this rose to 441 incidents; and in 2012/13 this increased still further to 453.
A total of 307 people were injured as a result of them.
The Brigade said that in the past its crews have been called to a man whose penis was stuck in a toaster, and another with his penis trapped in a vacuum cleaner.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2380863/Firefighters-reveal-erotic-bestseller-50-Shades-Grey-sparked-surge-people-trapped-HANDCUFFS.html#ixzz2aSMRetKF
It is emergency calls that firemen are expected to answer, not embarrassing ones.
But thanks to the popularity of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, they are increasingly being called out to free people handcuffed to beds.
London Fire Brigade said it had turned out to 79 such incidents - and nine instances of men with rings stuck on their penises - and urged people 'always keep the keys handy'.
Third officer Dave Brown, said: 'Some of the incidents our firefighters are called out to could be prevented with a little common sense.
'I don't know whether it's the Fifty Shades effect, but the number of incidents involving items like handcuffs seems to have gone up.
'I'm sure most people will be fifty shades of red by the time our crews arrive to free them.'
The Brigade has attended more than 1,300 incidents involving people being trapped or stuck, often in everyday household items, since 2010.
Each incident costs taxpayers at least £290, meaning they have cost at least £377,000.
In 2010/11 crews attended 416 incidents; in 2011/12 this rose to 441 incidents; and in 2012/13 this increased still further to 453.
A total of 307 people were injured as a result of them.
The Brigade said that in the past its crews have been called to a man whose penis was stuck in a toaster, and another with his penis trapped in a vacuum cleaner.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2380863/Firefighters-reveal-erotic-bestseller-50-Shades-Grey-sparked-surge-people-trapped-HANDCUFFS.html#ixzz2aSMRetKF