And here is a link to another report just above that one in the Guardian.

And here's a quote from the report, from a Liverpool Fireman on the picket line:

"We are not going to be bought off, with the service cut to such an extent that it becomes dangerous for the public and for us," added Mr Dooley.

"We could not accept that, as a result of taking a pay rise, we would have fewer firefighters on duty at night. Fewer firefighters would mean fewer fire engines and that would mean that stations would close. They quote statistics that there are fewer calls at night. But there are more deaths.

"We won't take 16% with some of these ridiculous cuts that will make our job more difficult because there will be fewer of us on duty. More people will be likely to die. We won't say 'Sod them - we'll take the money'."