Incident reports
UK hit by tornadoes; Preparing for the worst in Shropshire; Shotgun shells explode in lorry fire; Warwickshire crews tackle landfill site blaze; Twenty pump fire at Coventry school
Promoting sustainability in London
Nick Tong reports on the measures the organisation has taken to minimise its impact on the environment
Urban search and rescue – upping the ante
Bristol Uniforms look at how USAR equipment requirements have changed in recent years in the light of increased terrorist threats and changes to the environment
Efficiency Improvements – a vital component of change
John Roylance of SFL explains how to conduct an efficiency audit
Aberdeen says ‘no’ to deliberate fires
Grampian Fire and Rescue Service provide details of educational programmes taking place in the area in order to stamp out wilful fire-raising
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“We believe we are the first brigade not equipped with New Dimension equipment to take this proactive step to ensure that we are ready to deal with any major incident. If there is a building collapse or terrorist incident we must have the capability to deal with it while we wait for help from our neighbouring fire services.” Watch Manager Neil Griffiths, Shropshire FRS (pg 16)
“The fire at this landfill site proved to be a complex and arduous undertaking for our firefighters. The subterraneous nature of the incident made firefighting operations difficult in the extreme.”
DCFO Glen Ranger, Warwickshire, on the difficulties of firefighting operations at a landfill site (pg 18)
“Merseyside Fire and Rescue had, in partnership with Bristol Uniforms, designed and developed a garment to meet the requirements of search and rescue activities including RTC, collapsed structures, line and other specialist rescues.”
Richard Storey, Bristol Uniforms, on the new line of USAR kit (pg 22)
“Efficiency planning enables the CFO to re-align people and processes to free-up people from non-core activity, so that they are focussed on the achievement of organisational mission and vision.”
John Roylance, SFL, on conducting an efficiency audit (pg 24)
“We have reduced calls by 50 per cent in a year. Yes, this summer was quite wet, and that may have been a factor, but this is a long-term strategy. There has been a noticeable downward trend since last year.”DCFO David Dalziel, Grampian, on the initiative to stamp out wilful fire-raising (pg 25)
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