USAR and Sprinklers in Twitter and pictures

Here @mkdons complex for #usar conf w Bucks CFO Mark Jones openin by

sayin key is normalising usar to 'special rescue' #usar 

RT @fire_editor #firefighters M1 response this morn brings home imp of

#usar RT @bbcnews M1 closed after fatal lorry crash http://t.co/TPJW5Klw 

 CFO Wilsher says imp to react to international incidents #ISAR capability

outside=cap inside-'nvr know where nxt disaster will be' #usar 

@FIRE_Editor trouble being some of the big UK brigades refuse to deploy

outside their boundaries, due to irrelevant SOP's! 

Bucks CFO Mark Jones says time to plan national rescue isn't in aftermarth

of disaster but when heads are clearer #usar 

Chris Boulton to give the govt perspective on #usar cue comedy jeers from

a room full of chiefs #fire #usar 

Boulton concludes by assuring that new national strategic resilience board

 will provide 1 govt approach+more cohesive collab with FRS #usar 

RT @fire_editor CFO Mark Jones questions why national govt should dictate

his[Bucks] FRS policy when most funding local? #usar 

RT @fire_editor Stark warning from NFSN's Ronnie King on high-rise fire risks.

 With 50 years FRS experience he should be listened to #sprinklerseminar 

#SprinklerSeminar Ronnie King reports that over a 7mth period high-rise fire

occurs fortnightly with people killed or seriously injured 

Dr Dave talks about phenomenon of 'jihad-lite' & impact on #usar by altering

terrorist outlook-read more in current issue of FIRE mag #usar 

#SprinklerSeminar Does Callow Mount report provides evidence needed to

 retrofit sprinklers in all high rises? Certainly seems compelling. 

Intelligence is like doing a jigsaw puzzle except you often don't know the

final picture-Dr Dave Sloggett #usar 

#SprinklerSeminar BAFSA's Simon Rooks says Callow Mount report shows

 it's practical & economical to retrofit sprinklers in high-rise blocks 

#SprinklerSeminar Costs for retrofitting sprinklers in high rises worked out

at £1,148 per flat! 

#SprinklerSeminar LFB Deputy Commissioner Rita Dexter says no evidence

high-rises more unsafe in London - prefers to target sheltered accom 

#SprinklerSeminar Steve Seaber says effectiveness of retrofitting sprinklers

 will work in other accommodation. 

#SprinklerSeminar Chief Fire Advisor Sir Ken Knight says housing associations

should be made aware of report's findings 

#SprinklerSeminar Sir Ken calls for risk-based approach to retrofitting sprinklers

such as in sheltered accommodation 

#SprinklerSeminar Huge benefit of showing cost effectiveness of retrofitting

sprinklers in high-rises is that they can be fitted anywhere! 

#olympic route network causin 'concern' for @londonfire AC Knighton not only

 getin to incidents but #firefighters getin to work #usar 

A 250% increase in events for @londonfire June-Sept, Jim Knighton says will put

 'significant' strain on resources beyond stratford #usar 

@londonfire will focus resources outside #olympic venues as often get 'trapped'

 inside if panic during incident says Knighton #usar 

No specific threat against #torchrelay but much govt angst around disruption

according to @londonfire Jim Knighton #usar 

Virginia Beach CFO Steve Cover says how FEMA response went from reacting

like a hippo to a barracuda by deployin lighter support teams #usar 

CFO Cover worked on Salt Lake #olympics & says keepin team 'on edge of seats'

 with offsite training is key to incident response #usar 

Another issue @hertsfirechief commented on earlier was still lack of organised

 flood response since end of MIRG http://t.co/9hDuVPBV #usar 

@merseyfire CFO Dan Stephens says no other capability has expanded

effectiveness more so than #usar 

'@FIRE_Editor: CFO Stephens @merseyfire  150 tech rescue incidents p/a

question's whether  teams cost effective in larger county #usar' 

CZ CFO backs up CFO Stephens point about training demands of dedicated

#usar teams all havin 2wks off shift pattern #conflictpotential 

Really? RT @FIRE_Editor: Almost all heavy USAR teams in world based in

Europe says Czech CFO Vlad Vicek making UK key to ISAR efforts #usar 

Interestin to hear about bioradar RESQTEC equip used by Czech USAR to

detect heartbeat+motion-def look to hear more #usar 

@FIRE_Editor 2 issues, waiting for Govt to confirm who has responsibility

for flood rescue co-ordination in England, is Fire in Scotland 

@FIRE_Editor 2nd issue, MIRG, Maritime Incident Response Group,

Fire Service responding to ship fire at sea finished as Govt stopped funding 

USAR #newdimensions has produced £100m savings but Chris Williamson

 MP adds benefit 'unquantifiable' as saves lives #usar 

Success of USAR #newdimensions is demonstration of what public sector

 is capable of according to Chris Williamson MP #usar 

Level of #cuts esp in FRS is 'unsafe' & 'uneconomical' says Chris Williamson

who warns of impact on core #fire services #usar 

#firefutures failed to take on sector views+failed Chris Williamson invites

 #fire chiefs to help design opposition manifesto #usar 

So close out our #usar conf with Chris Williamson's offer to help design

opposition #fire agenda - thanks to @mkdons & Bucks FRS for event 

@FIRE_Editor: #SprinklerSeminar Costs for retrofitting sprinklers in high rises

worked out at £1,148 per flat!â€small price comp'd to 1 fire