WCoFF NEWS Desk

    Article Added: 28 Oct 2017

    Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) are engaging in a mutually beneficial MOU collaboration that promotes both community safety and effective response in the case of emergencies. Rowan Delasalle, Station Manager National Resilience said: “This is an exciting and important collaboration. The benefits of this MOU are that Urban Search &a ...

    Article Added: 24 Oct 2017

    Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue (CFRS) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Trading Standards are urging residents to be vigilant of bogus information regarding solar panels and their potential to affect emergency response. It is understood that at least one company has advised customers with solar panels on their homes that, without a 'kill switch' to remove their power supply, fire crews will n ...

    Article Added: 24 Oct 2017

    The important part played by Jewish citizens in the WW2 Fire Brigade has till now been untold. Many were WW1 veterans or unfit for the military, but they could do essential fire-fighting work and their contribution was enormous compared to the general population. Martin Sugarman and Stephanie Maltman will be discussing the challenges they faced and telling stories, including one about the only ...

    Article Added: 23 Oct 2017

    Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service want everyone to enjoy a safe and spooky Halloween this year, but every year many adults and children are injured when lit candles come into contact with trailing costumes and wigs. So Firefighters have some safety advice so children and parents can celebrate Halloween safely. Chief Fire Officer, Paul Fuller, CBE said: “We don’t want to stop chi ...

    Article Added: 23 Oct 2017

    This year’s St Florian’s Installation Banquet, with the kind permission of the Prime Warden and Court of the Saddlers’ Company, was held at a new venue for us in the Great Hall at magnificent Saddlers’ Hall, to greet our Company’s recently installed Master Firefighter, John Mansfield, along with his lovely wife, Lesley, the Mistress Firefighter. Our principal g ...

    Article Added: 23 Oct 2017

    Freeman Andy Hopcraft, Area Commander, Response & Resilience, with Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service writes that the primary objective in purchasing the new Bronto Skylift F45XR was to increase outreach at height, with enough cage load capacity for several firefighters to work, which was a shortfall of the previous Bronto F27 RLH. Mounted on a Scania P360 rear steer chassis, the ALP is ...