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Article Added: 30 Jan 2019
Firefighters from Burwell Fire Station were unable to respond to a house fire in Newmarket on Monday (28) as their fire engine was unavailable following a break in at the station. Thieves broke into the station on Reach Road sometime on Sunday night (January 27). They stole life-saving cutting gear used at road traffic collisions and other rescues. With police scenes of crime officers at the sta…
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Article Added: 24 Jan 2019
MBE John Charles BOWDEN Station Manager, Looe Fire Station. For services to the Fire and Rescue Service and the community in Cornwall.Nicholas David COOMBE Principal Management Technical Adviser, London Fire Brigade. For services to Fire Safety.Farshid RAOUFI Station Commander, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to Equality and Inclusion.Heather Carolyn SMART Firefighter, Northe…
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Article Added: 06 Sep 2018
irst defusing therapy dog in the UK Introducing Digby a four month old Australian Labradoodle and for Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service one of their latest recruits. At the moment Digby is busy completing his socialisation training, and when he reaches eight months old and has been fully assessed by Pets as Therapy (PAT) he will become a Therapy K9. The assessment is all about…
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Article Added: 06 Sep 2018
We are putting ladies in the driving seat, come along to one of our car care evenings in partnership with Kwik Fit We have teamed up with Kwik Fit to offer a ladies car care evening to make women feel more confident about visiting garages for repairs, servicing or car checks. Recent research has found that two thirds of female motorists (64%) don't feel comfortable about visiting a garag…
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Article Added: 06 Sep 2018
Following a series of incidents on Bedford River, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and Bedfordshire Police have provided throwlines to a number of businesses alongside The Embankment and the new development on River Street. This includes 9 businesses in total – The Embankment pub, Swan Hotel, The Longholme Café, Park Inn Hotel, Albero Lounge, Wagamamas, Zizzi, Premier Inn Hotel …
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Article Added: 06 Sep 2018
FLOODING, severe weather, prolonged power cut, heatwave, large smoke plume, chemical leak…how would you cope in an emergency situation? Cambridgeshire’s emergency services and other Local Resilience Forum (LRF) partners such as local authorities, Cambridgeshire County Council, health organisations and the Environment Agency, are joining forces for the whole of Septem…
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