WCoFF Fire News Desk
Firefighters Run Live Exercise In The Galleries The Abbey held a joint exercise with the London Fire Brigade last week. The aim was to give LFB hands-on experience of working in the new Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. ‘It was a very successful joint exercise organised by Steve Meek, our Fire Officer,’ said Garry Evanson, Head of Security. ‘Certainly LFB fou ...
Firefighters use fire escape hoods to rescue residents from West Drayton fire Firefighters rescued nine people after they became trapped by smoke when a fire started in the lobby area of their block of flats on Knowles Close in West Drayton. Around half of the ground floor communal area was damaged by fire. The Brigade’s 999 control officers gave fire survival guidance to five res ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
