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image captionPatrick Ennis told the inquiry it was not appropriate for him to treat casualties immediately
The only paramedic on scene in the first 40 minutes after the Manchester Arena bombing has told an inquiry he was not prepared for such a large-scale and awful incident .
Patrick Ennis arrived at the arena ten minutes after the blast, which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more.
He told the Manchester Arena Inquiry that until I saw it. I hadn t realised just the scale .
Had he followed procedure, he would not have gone into the City Room, he said.
The inquiry heard the North West Ambulance Service paramedic had reported a major incident standby after being told by members of the public that a nail bomb had gone off, and had asked for four ambulances.
Fire service failings on night of Manchester Arena bombing could be replicated in future attacks, says union
The Fire Brigades Union said Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service was starved of information on the night
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Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (Image: Manchester Evening News)
The Fire Brigades Union said it would be surprised if the failings of the fire service on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing were not replicated or be even worse in the event of a future terror attack.
Andy Dark, the FBU s assistant general secretary, made the comment in his statement to the Manchester Arena Public Inquiry dated January this year.
Andy Dark, assistant general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said emergency workers saved lives at the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing despite the failings of others .