Planning for the future of resilience
FIRE correspondent Tony Prosser gives an account of the history of terrorist incidents in the UK, looking specifically at the work of the Fire and Rescue Service as part of the national emergency response structure
Safety at sea in Suffolk
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service’s Karl Rolfe looks at the work of the Maritime Incident Response Group, describing three major exercises that took place last year
EU maritime resilience – firefighting at seaMervyn Kettle gives an overview of the work undertaken by the UKMaritime Incident Response Group, in conjunction with colleaguesfrom around Europe
Peak District hosts moorland firefigting training
“Moorlands fires are not grass fires” was the main message to come from the Fire Operations Group recent Incident Command Training course, reports Heather Garner
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“Since 2007, the number of terrorist events have not diminished, although the ‘big one’ has not materialised. As we keep being reminded, however, the terrorist threat is as great as it has ever been”
Tony Prosser on the terrorist threat and resilience
“The reponse to the July 7 attacks, and also the attacks in London and Glasgow in 2007 did show that, although lessons can be learned, both the Fire and Rescue Service and the emergency response structure in the UK in general, works as a national resource”
Tony Prosser on UK emergency service response capability
“The overwhelming opinion of delegates after two days was that the introduction of transnational co-operation between states to increase and improve rapid response in assisting vessels that require assistance should be pursued”
Mervyn Kettle on European resilience to firefighting at sea
“Unfortunately the lack of knowledge about these types of fires has often resulted in them being dealt with as though they are grass fires, which generally does more harm than good”Staffordshire’s Assistant AreaCommander Garry Goodwin on the lack of knowledge about moorland fires
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