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A pair of North Yorkshire firefighters plan to "run, walk or crawl" the 420 miles between all 38 fire stations in the county for charity. Jay Taylor, from Richmond, alongside colleague Robyn ...
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 ...
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 ...
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).
In 1982 she was accepted on a new training scheme with the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service aimed at school leavers. [4] After a year of training, she began working with the fire and rescue service in Norfolk in 1983, aged 18. She worked at the fire station in Thetford. [5] Three years later she qualified to drive a fire engine. [citation needed]
Steve is a regular contributor to a number of International Fire Service publications and was the editor of the British Fire Service Association magazine 'The Journal'. He is best for his contribution to Fire Service articles relating to Fire Service Command, Fire Service Tactics especially around Firefighting in high rise buildings.
SFRS firefighter douses flames at the Glasgow School of Art fire in May 2014 A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service engine from the Girvan fire station in 2017. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended 25,002 fires in 2014/15. The service also delivers a preventative programme, with 65,343 free home fire safety visits conducted in 2015/16. [15]
She was appointed chief fire officer of the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service in 2019. [ 14 ] In September 2019, Cohen-Hatton was a guest on BBC Radio 4 's Desert Island Discs , choosing " Bankrobber " by The Clash , The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway , and a photo album as her selected favourite song, book, and luxury item respectively.