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Article Added: 06 Sep 2024
Luton Hoo played host to a cross-border training exercise to test fire service response to a complex building fire. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service organised the training opportunity, which saw about 50 operational colleagues including nine fire engines and incident command teams from Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire descend on the former mansion house to use its stables block.&n…
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Article Added: 05 Sep 2024
Luton Hoo played host to a cross-border training exercise to test fire service response to a complex building fire. Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service organised the training opportunity, which saw about 50 operational colleagues including nine fire engines and incident command teams from Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire descend on the former mansion house to use its stables block. The setting …
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Article Added: 25 Aug 2024
Communities across the county have helped Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) raise an incredible £143,368 for The Fire Fighters Charity through clothes recycling banks. Last year alone almost £14,000 was raised through The Fire Fighter’s Charity clothing banks in Bedfordshire – the highest total ever since the scheme’s inception. Since 2010, a to…
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Article Added: 20 Aug 2024
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) along with its partner from the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has been shortlisted for a prestigious healthcare award for its work on Community Wellbeing Officer initiative. Finalists for the HSJ Awards 2024, the healthcare sector’s premier awards event of the year, were announced on Monday 12 August. The initiativ…
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Article Added: 13 Aug 2024
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is handling 999 calls quicker and getting to fires faster, newly released statistics have revealed. The Service has seen landmark improvements in the measures in the latest publication of incident statistics by the UK Home Office. The performance data was released last month (July) for the 2023-4 financial year and is the first opportu…
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Article Added: 31 Jul 2024
With temperatures heating up in Bedfordshire this week, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) would like to remind residents of important outdoor fire safety and water safety advice. Prevention Group Commander for BFRS, Rob Hulatt said: “We tend to see an increase in calls to fires during spells of hot weather. This does result in our crews spending significant time at incidents that co…
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