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Tim Page - BBC News, West Midlands. November 17, 2024 at 6:48 AM. ... The event has so far raised more than £700 for the Fire Fighters Charity, which helps serving and retired members. Organiser ...
Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a derelict two-storey warehouse in Colchester. Crews had been told there "may be people inside" when they were called to Hythe Station Road at 11:38 GMT.
Mary McCool - BBC Scotland News November 6, 2024 at 5:36 AM Firefighters says they responded to more than 1,000 calls on Bonfire Night with crews "bombarded" by missiles and fireworks.
The 2002–2003 UK firefighter dispute was a period of nationwide strike action which began when the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) voted to strike in an attempt to secure better salaries. The FBU demanded a 39 percent increase in pay, which would have brought the average firefighter's wage to around £30,000 (equivalent to £61,642 in 2023).
Firefighters had difficulties fighting the fire and the coroner's report stated that Bannon and Shears had died after being exposed to "sudden exposure to initially intense heat from 20.38 to 20.41 and thereafter to excessive heat while dealing with a fire in a flat on the 9th floor of the high-rise tower block Shirley Towers". [13] [14] David ...
Firefighter Josephine Reynolds in September 1982. Josephine Reynolds (born 28 March 1965) has been described as one of the first full-time female firefighters in the UK. [1] [2] (However, Sue Batten is the first full time female firefighter. she was 30 when she joined the London Fire Brigade in May 1982; she retired in September 2007 after 25 years of service.
The fire at London's Somerset House has been brought under control with the help of around 125 firefighters, who were deployed Saturday to battle the blaze at the historic venue, known for housing ...
Forty pumps and 225 firefighters from the London Fire Brigade attended a large fire on Wanstead Flats and Leyton Flats, part of Epping Forest on the 15 July 2018. 110 calls were made to the fire service and the fire burnt 100 hectares (247 acres). 100 firefighters had to remain for two days to dampen down the ground. The fire was a threat to a ...