WCoFF Fire News Desk
A landlady with two properties in Paignton has been sentenced to eight months in prison suspended for 18 months after pleading guilty to offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. Kay Godtschalk, the owner and landlady of 2 Warefield Road and 15 Esplanade Road in Paignton, appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Monday 9 October 2017. She pleaded guilty to a total of eight offenc ...
Eleven students have graduated from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service’s (CFRS) Firebreak course, a programme designed to inspire young people in the county. Students from years 8 to 11 from Jack Hunt School in Peterborough graduated at an impressive pass-out parade at Stanground Fire Station on Friday September 29. They demonstrated their rescue and drill skills in front of proud par ...
Emergency services carried out an exercise at Exeter Cathedral which involved a live ‘casualty’ being winched down the side of the building. Three fire crews, a specialist line rescue team, and the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) from South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust were at the scene. They simulated the rescue of an adult casualty from the bell tower by lower ...
Fire Fighters from Kempston were called to Worcester Road, Bedford at 4.41pm yesterday (27th September 2017) after a bonfire at the property spread to two domestic sheds at an adjoining property. Crews had to force entry to the property and used one hose reel, a triple extension ladder, thermal imaging camera and stack drags to extinguish the fire.Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service would like t ...
Warning from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service following a spate of kitchen fires Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service are warning people to take more care in the kitchen after a spate of fires yesterday (27th September 2017). Fire Fighters were called to a fire at a property in Primrose Fields, Bedford at 3.04pm after a saucepan was left unattended and caught fire. A fire crew from Kempston ...
Toddington Community Fire Station Open Day (23 Sept) promises fun for all the family Local Firefighters are throwing open the doors of Toddington Community Fire Station for their ‘Open Day’ on Saturday 23 September between 12pm – 3pm and are inviting everyone from their local community to come along and see their appliances and learn about fire safety. Firefighters are organis ...
