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The standpipes which are connected to the mains which is operated by the company which now doesn’t exist?
And somehow there is a section of people who think the army can just step in and take over a whole industrial sector for an extended period and somehow be competent at it. While also magically fulfilling all their standing obligations. If such were remotely possible, it’s time for swingeing cuts to an obviously bloated military.
Hence why the military. That sort of thing is very within the CRE capability set.
The military has 150k full-time personal. But numbers is not the reason to use military. Skills set is. The UK military is built from professionals with skills to help resolve and organise groups exactly in emergencies like this.
As for standing obligations. Most of that is training and preparing for war or emergencies just like this.
A lot of the day to day maintenance is less specialized than you think. Think about the parts of your own job that could easily be replicated by a chimp in pyjamas