Litany of sports stadia tragedies
FIRE correspondent Tony Prosser looks back on Bradford City’s Valley Parade football fire from 1985 and the impact that and other stadium disasters such as Happy Valley in Hong Kong had on fire safety standards in sports stadia
Incident reportsWest Midlands fire with battlefield characteristics; Warwickshire fire crews tackle Grade II listed building blaze
Coming of age for Integrated Clothing Project
Bristol Uniforms’ Richard Storey provides the preferred bidder’s perspective on the ICP process and gives an update on the current state of the project
The Firefighter Mentoring Programme
SFL’s Director of Emergency Services and MOD John Roylance talks about how the company works with FRSs ‘on the ground’ as part of their developmental programming
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“Many of the 200 injured suffered radiant heat burns as a result of the reflected heat from the stadium roof, and the film of a police officer’s hair igniting as he ran from the stadium is truly horrific”
Tony Prosser on the Bradford City football stadium fire on May 11, 1985
“The scene had the characteristics of a battlefield. There were frequent explosions from within the building and the area surrounding the fire was littered with the casings of the lithium batteries which resembled 30 mm cannon shells”
ACO Martin Clark on the Birmingham battery factory fire
“The decision to let the ICP contract to one bidder, Bristol Uniforms, already a leading PPE manufacturer and managed care service provider to fire and rescue services, has helped to allay some of the fears expressed earlier”
Bristol Uniforms’ Richard Storey provides the preferred bidder’s perspective on ICP
“It has become clear that the experienced firefighter population has an extremely valuable skill set that is not necessarily being utilised as effectively as could be. There is an obvious opportunity to make an investment and provide them with the necessary development to enable them to share their knowledge and experience in a way that positively developed and supported others”SFL’s John Roylance on the company’s Firefighter Mentoring Programming
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