WCoFF NEWS Desk
At the end of July a Mindfulness Garden was opened at Brixton Fire Station, the first within the London Fire Brigade. The event was attended by Liveryman David Holt on behalf of Immediate Past Master Bruce Hoad, at the invitation of Green Watch Station Officer Mat Rosendale.Brixton Fire Station is one of the old-style London stations, built in 1906. It has open rear facing verandas at first and ...
A wall mural to mark the 50th anniversary of Whittlesey Fire Station has been revealed at a surprise unveiling in front of the station’s firefighters. The mural, designed by artists Tim Shuker-Yates, 46, and Kyle Warwick, 24, from the Girton Youth Project, was commissioned for the side wall of the station as part of this year’s 50th anniversary celebrations which included a popular o ...
Dawlish Fire Station has received the first in a fleet of new vehicles for attending life-threatening medical emergencies. Dawlish attended 561 co-responder calls in 2016/17 and has taken ownership of the first of a fleet of Ford Kugas which have been designed to meet the needs of the crews specifically to attend these types of calls. Dawlish Station Commander Dave Williams said: “We’ ...
SADDLERS’ HALL, 40 Gutter Lane, London EC2V 6BR Friday 20th October 2017Reception 6.45 pm; Dinner 7.30pm; Carriages 10.30pm For this year’s St Florian’s Installation Banquet, and with the kind permission of the Prime Warden and Court of the Saddlers’ Company, we will be at a new venue for us in the Great Hall at magnificent Saddlers’ Hall, to g ...
In June 2017 Company members were treated to a unique visit organised by Liveryman Mark Rist, Area Manager, Kent Fire & Rescue Service. After assembling at Rochester Fire Station we were taken by brigade transport to the KFRS Channel Tunnel fire station, where Area Manager Martin Skeet gave us a very informative presentation on the organisation of fire and rescue services in the tunnel, the ...
Company News Reporter David Holt reports back from his visit to Taipei At a time of increased interest in extended reach aerial appliances, the firefighters were kind enough to bring out their 55m ALP onto the station forecourt for photography. It was manufactured by the Italian company Cela and is based on a Mercedes Benz Actros chassis. On a recent lecture trip to Taipei Liveryman David ...
