02/07 13:27, The Press and Journal
Anglers tragedy prompts safety boat move
A taskforce is being set up to deliver a safety boat and loch watch scheme on Loch Awe following the deaths of four anglers. The Glasgow pike fishermen drowned in the north Argyll loch when their small boat capsized in the early hours of March 21 in heavy...
02/07 12:22, Hertfordshire Mercury
Woman escapes serious injury after ca...
By Martin Ford Previous Image Next Image Car collides with coach in Cheshunt Car collides with coach in Cheshunt 1 2 3 A WOMAN escaped serious injury after being trapped in a car following a collision with a...
02/07 11:52, BBC News England
Large blaze at industrial estate
About 60 fire fighters and 10 fire engines were called to tackle a blaze which broke out at a bathroom manufacturers in Lancashire. The fire at the Bathroom Traders on the Redscar industrial estate in Preston started at about 1930 BST on...
02/07 11:30, Express and Star
Factory goes up in smoke
A blaze at a Wolverhampton factory sent a thick plume of black smoke into the sky that was seen by motorists up to five miles away. People travelling north into the city centre bombarded the West Midlands Fire Control switchboard with 999 calls after seeing...
02/07 10:52, Blackpool Today
Family tell of lightning drama
A NORTH Shore family were forced to flee their home after it was struck by...
02/07 09:52, Yahoo Uk And Ireland News
Flooded roads cause traffic chaos
Rush-hour motorists faced traffic chaos after severe thunderstorms flooded roads across...
02/07 06:59, Daily Express
AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN GARDEN
A PILOT and his passenger walked away almost unscathed when their microlight aircraft crashed into a front...
02/07 04:43, BBC News
Boy, 14, charged with fire murder
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenage girl in an arson attack on her home. The boy, who cannot be named, is accused of killing 15-year-old Maleha Masud, who died last Thursday after being hurt in the fire on 21...
02/07 01:28, eMediaWorld.com
South Yorkshire Deputy Chief Officer'...
YORK, UNITED KINGDOM--(eMediaWorld - July 1, 2009) - South Yorkshire's Deputy Chief Fire Officer Steve Swarbrick challenged the Fire Brigades Union to produce the fax sent from the authority setting out the notification of...
01/07 11:30, Fire Risk Management
Tackling the gender gap
SENIOR FIRE officers and elected fire authority members from across England discussed the issues and challenges faced by women in the fire and rescue service during a recent...
01/07 11:30, Fire Risk Management
On the move . . .
Charlie Hendry has returned to his post of chief officer of Kent Fire and Rescue Service after a successful year as president of the Chief Fire Officers...
01/07 11:30, Fire Risk Management
Appliance bay fire affects Fire Servi...
AN INVESTIGATION is continuing into the cause of a fire in an appliance workshop at the Fire Service College in England on 16 May. Some 60 firefighters from fire and rescue services in Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire were called to deal with the blaze at the site in Moreton in...
01/07 10:47, FM World
John Laing nets fire station FM deal
John Laing Integrated Services has picked up the FM work on a major 25-year fire stations private finance initiative project in the north east. The contract worth around £800,000 a year comes through its parent construction firm, John Laing, who together with Shepherd Construction have been appointed...
01/07 10:37, Institute of Customer Service
British is best, say consumers
World-beating customer service is thriving in the UK - giving confidence to companies to look beyond the recession, according to groundbreaking new...
01/07 09:57, BBC News England
Fire crews tackle factory blaze
Dozens of firefighters have been dealing with a blaze at a derelict factory in Derbyshire. Crews from the county and Nottinghamshire were called to Bennett Street in Long Eaton in the early hours where the building was well...
01/07 09:55, BBC News
Three injured in shop explosion
Three people were hurt in an explosion which almost destroyed a shop in north London, police said. The blast happened in Bell Lane, Hendon, at 0213...
01/07 09:25, NewburyToday.co.uk
Fire authority councillors give thems...
Liberal Democrats slam pay rise decision but fire authority chairman says it is still below...
01/07 09:09, BBC News England
Trapped woman rescued from blaze
Firefighters have rescued a woman and her dog trapped as a blaze tore through a house in Northamptonshire. The fire Service was called to Porlock Close, in Duston, near Northampton, late on Tuesday...
30/06 13:33, 97.4rockfm
Turkish Hotel Blaze: British Tourists...
Seven British tourists have been injured as they tried to escape from a hotel fire at a popular Turkish holiday resort. The blaze broke out in accommodation in the southern resort of Marmaris on Monday...
30/06 13:28, BBC News England
Fire authority allowance up 450%
The Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) has agreed to give its members a 450% allowance increase. Councillors on the Conservative-led fire authority voted last week to raise it from £400 to £1...
30/06 12:50, Yahoo Uk And Ireland News
Fifteen dead as gas rail tankers dera...
At least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured in northern Italy when two gas-filled rail tankers exploded after derailing, engulfing nearby homes in flames, firefighters said on...
30/06 12:45, BBC News England
Fire at a former children's home
Investigations are under way into the cause of a fire at a former children's home in a Nottinghamshire town. About 30 firefighters spent the night tackling the flames on Park Avenue in...
30/06 12:34, Birmingham Mail.net
Teenager dies as storms hit West Midl...
A TEENAGER died in a drowning tragedy and a man was struck by lightning in a separate incident as devastating storms brought on by the warm weather wreaked havoc across the West...
30/06 11:57, Daily Mail
Massive blast kills 'at least 15 peop...
At least 15 people, including two children, have been killed and 35 others seriously injured after an Italian goods train carrying gas derailed and...
30/06 10:44, Market Wire
Essex Fire Crews to Ballot for Indust...
ESSEX, ENGLAND--(Marketwire - June 30, 2009) - Essex fire crews and officers are to press ahead with a ballot for industrial action short of a strike after the fire authority failed to shelve plans to cut...
30/06 10:35, Build.co.uk
Teens Held Over Blaze Death
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was killed in an arson attack in south London. Maleha Masud died on 25 June, four days after the attack in Tooting, south...
30/06 10:24, BBC News Dorset
One man rescued from fire in flat
One man had to be rescued and another 15 people were led to safety after a fire broke out in a block of flats in Bournemouth on Monday night. Fire crews were called to the building, in Montgomery Avenue, West Howe, after reports of smoke billowing...
30/06 09:38, The Telegraph and The Argus
Unconscious man rescued from blaze in...
Firefighters called to a flat blaze found a man collapsed unconscious on the living room floor. Crews from Shipley, Idle and Bradford turned out to the blaze at the third-floor flat in Stillington House, Allison Lane, Bolton Woods just after 11pm last night after neighbours reported a man still...
30/06 08:20, Burton Mail
Calls to scrap fire centres are backed
CALLS to scrap regionalisation of emergency call centres have been backed by fire fighters in Burton and surrounding areas. Three years ago, the Government told fire authorities around the country to form regional centres to answer emergency calls from the public and co-ordinate...
30/06 05:36, Belfast Telegraph
Devastating blaze guts Downpatrick co...
Police and fire investigators suspect a fire which tore through an old college building in Downpatrick last night may have been malicious. Several fire appliances and dozens of firefighters were called to the old East Down Institute building at Market Street at around 9pm and St Patricks...
30/06 02:45, Southport Visiter
Southport firefighters fear for jobs ...
SOUTHPORT firefighters have been offered redundancy and retirement packages as fire chiefs bid to save £5m. Union bosses fear up to 92 fire service posts in Merseyside could go which they fear could put lives at risk as a budget black hole threatens to...
29/06 12:24, This is Gloucestershire
Woman injured in Hardwicke RTC
A woman was taken to hospital after a road traffic collision in Hardwicke this morning. Emergency services were called to the incident in Bristol Road at around...
29/06 11:55, Wiltshire Gazette & Herald
Fire crews pump out flooded Corsham b...
Firefighters spent three hours pumping out dirty water at a building on Pickwick Road, in Corsham on Friday morning. A crew had to pump out water after heavy rain left a sewage pipe blocked which overflowed into Greengate...
29/06 11:30, Express and Star
Terror as girl gets stuck in drain
A terrified nine-year-old girl was trapped waist-deep in floodwater for two hours after her foot got stuck in a broken drain in the Black Country. Courtney Corbett had to be rescued by firefighters after becoming trapped up to her knee in the grid in Waterloo Street,...
29/06 11:30, Express and Star
Sun and storms all this week
Flash floods brought chaos to parts of the West Midlands with forecasters today warning of more extreme weather to come. Torrential downpours and thunderstorms hit the region at the weekend leaving people in hospital, homes flooded and vehicles...
29/06 11:08, BBC News
Woman dies at scene of house fire
A woman has died after a house fire early on Monday, said South Wales Police. A spokesman said the woman was found dead at the scene of the blaze at Addison Place, Sandfields, Port...
29/06 08:43, Mid Sussex Times
100 firefighters tackle Hunston blaze
Nearly 100 firefighters from West Sussex and Hampshire tackled a large fire at a former convent in Hunston, near Chichester, on Sunday night. West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service was called to the site of the Carmelite Convent at...
29/06 02:27, Daily Express
92F THIS WEEK IN STORM-LASHED UK
BRITAIN can look forward to a Mediterranean-style heat wave with temperatures hitting the nineties this...
28/06 16:58, BBC News England
Eight-hour gap in building fires
Emergency crews in Plymouth have been called to two fires at the same building in just over eight hours. Two fire appliances were called to the two-storey property in Merrivale Road in the North Prospect area of the city just before 0400 BST on...
27/06 23:00, This is Plymouth
Blaze destroys storage units
GARDENING equipment, logs and a fridge were completely destroyed in a fire which engulfed storage units in a Devon village. Firefighters from Exeter, Bovey Tracey and Moretonhampstead were called out to Dry Lane, Christow, on Dartmoor, early...