Learning from the past
In the latest of a series of articles looking back at the events that shaped Fire and Rescue Service response, Tony Prosser looks at the impact of train-related incidents
Incident reports
Averting disaster in Humberside; Tunnel closed for traffic collision Exercise
Keeping stress under control
Occupational health consultant Bev Cornish offers an overview of the recent work done in the management of critical incident stress
Making bigger better
Asset Co’s David Smith discusses some of the challenges involved in taking on bigger contracts, such as service and equipment provision for London Fire Brigade
Firefighters bring humanitarian aid to Uganda
Heather Garner reports on the recent trip to Uganda by UK firefighters and gives details of plans to make a positive difference to several local communities
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“The series of train crashes in the 1980s had a profound effect on the way integrated emergency management developed, and the responses to more recent incidents have benefited from the lessons from the railway crashes from nearly 30 years ago”
Tony Prosser on railway disasters
“The planning, resourcing and monitoring process that was put into place to support those at the ‘sharp end’ has been huge and, in this time provision, the team in the FRS Control Room have been backed up by the Silver Command facility”
The lessons learned from last summer’s flooding in Humberside
“The sheer scale of the operation this contract seeks to support is so different and so much bigger than nearly all other emergency services in the world, let alone in the UK, that it almost has an air of unreality to it”
David Smith on AssetCo’s contract with London Fire Brigade
“On escaping the army, the boy soldiers are in a great deal of distress and the project assists them with their rehabilitation. One of the methods used to counsel and rehabilitate the individuals is art therapy and the artwork that the boys have produced has recently been on show at the Philips Art Gallery II in Manchester”
Heather Garner on a recent trip to Uganda by UK firefighters
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