The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) is planning to post full details related to fire safety measures online. Firefighters are developing a building inspection system using which a database of buildings with fire safety details can be created. The move comes after recent fires at skyscrapers revealed they failed to meetRead More →
CUMBRIA Fire and Rescue Service has appointed two new officers to join its strategic leadership team. Brian Steadman has been named to the permanent position of deputy fire chief, having assumed the role on a temporary basis. Rick Ogden has been appointed to the permanent post of Deputy Fire Chief,Read More →
90 new firefighters will be recruited this year in Dublin Fire Brigade. The move follows an agreement between unions and management to end a long staffing dispute. There will be recruiting competitions for firefighters and emergency services controllers. SIPTU organizer Geoff Mc Evoy said the move will see more firefightersRead More →
community, Volunteer firefighters from the Old Bar Rural Fire Brigade prepared and drove through town on Monday evening (February 7) in preparation for upcoming training. Advanced Firefighter Sharon Gatt and Village Firefighter Jodie Queribin walked from Wyden Street Station to Taree Old Bar Surf Club and back to prepare forRead More →
Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen: apartment fire in Schalke – but the fire brigade has a problem! Keep? Stop? What do these font terms really mean? Keep? Stop? What do these font terms really mean? show description Gelsenkirchen. bad luck in Gelsenkirchen– Schalke! Shortly after midnight, firefighters Gelsenkirchen received several emergency calls. CallersRead More →
Mumbai: Following the recent fires in the city, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allocated ₹365 crores to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) in its 2022 budget to upgrade its existing facilities and infrastructure, and provide basic fire and life safety training to Mumbaiites. This is 55% more than what wasRead More →
Emergency firefighters are being delayed by traffic zones and speed bumps – and in Ealing delays have nearly doubled in a year. The number of interventions delayed by traffic zones rose from 59 to 106 between 2020 and 2021, according to statistics published by the London Fire Brigade (LFB). ThisRead More →
Two days after the fire at the Tardeo Sachinam building which killed seven people and injured 23, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) decided to issue a notice to company officials for negligence and non-compliance with safety standards fire. According to Hemant Parab, the fire chief, MFB will issue a noticeRead More →
J he failures of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) at Grenfell Tower were ’cause of the widespread loss of life’ and even made matters ‘much worse’, according to an inquest into the 2017 blaze. Danny Friedman QC, who represents several residents and families of those who died in Hell, toldRead More →
MUMBAI: Survivors of Saturday’s blaze on the 20-story Sachinam Heights in Tardeo were told on Sunday they had to wait at least a week to return as firefighters had to undertake a thorough inspection of the electrical systems of the entire skyscraper sky before declaring it safe for supply repairsRead More →
Fire chiefs were lambasted in Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s 935-page report into the devastating blaze. London’s fire brigade was plagued by “institutional failures” and its preparation for a Grenfell-style hellhole was “seriously inadequate”, the retired judge found in 2019. But he also ruled that the tower’s cladding panels breached building regulationsRead More →
The firefighting system at the Kamla building in Tardeo, also known as the Sachinam Heights building, where a massive fire killed six people and injured 23 on Saturday morning, was not operational at the time of the blaze , according to Mumbai Fire Department officials. Residents said they did notRead More →
Mumbai: The internal firefighting system at the Kamla building in Tardeo, also known as the Sachinam Heights building, where a massive fire killed 6 people and injured 23 on Saturday morning, was not operational at the time of the incident. fire, according to Mumbai fire officials. Residents of the buildingRead More →
Dublin firefighters need to step up their recruitment program to keep pace with planned retirements and promotions, it has been claimed. he deployment of 35 new recruits to Dublin fire stations this week has been described as “a good start”, with a further 45 expected to begin training next month.Read More →
Mumbai: Highlighting the negligent approach of many housing companies to fire safety standards, a random fire audit conducted by the Mumbai Fire Department found that 200 out of 223 housing companies inspected did not complain about fire safety standards fire. Mumbai firefighters slapped notices to 133 of these housing corporations.Read More →
A person has been rescued by emergency services after struggling in the mountains of Dublin. Dramatic footage posted online by Dublin Fire Brigade shows an ambulance crew parked on a narrow, winding mountain road. Just off the road is a scenic hiking trail. It is not yet known exactly whatRead More →
Alison Miles says London firefighters twice visited her home but refused to attempt a rescue. Buddy, a two-year-old cat, had jumped high into the 70ft tree after being spooked by New Year’s Eve fireworks and eventually had to be coaxed by an arborist after three and a half days. FirefightersRead More →
Dublin firefighters have issued a warning about the potential devastation of house fires caused by cigarettes and vapes this Christmas. Some people even block smoke alarms when they go off from cigarette smoke, a practice fire chiefs have called a “dangerous game”. DFB said: “It is not unusual for usRead More →
Dublin firefighters have been praised after rushing to help a pregnant mother during Storm Barra. As winds of up to 130km/h battered Ireland on Tuesday and Wednesday, trees and power lines collapsed across the country. Many roads were impassable, with a number of orange status and red status weather warningsRead More →
The TfL ban is due to go into effect on Monday, December 13, following an incident in which an electric scooter caught fire in a busy metro in November. The electric scooter took on the light as the train pulled to a stop at Parsons Green tube station. No oneRead More →
Recently, Navi Mumbai Fire Brigade received the first batch of firefighters’ bikes manufactured by an Indian company. In this article, we will discuss how the Royal Enfield Himalayan is modified as a firefighter’s bike to work in the narrow lanes of Mumbai. The story so far Rapid urbanization, crowded streets,Read More →
Ten officers from the Mumbai Fire Brigade received the Fire President’s Medal of Bravery which was distributed by Minister of State Shri Nityanand Rai today at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Of these, six officers received the award for saving the lives of those trapped in a massive fire thatRead More →
The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has announced plans to increase its strength through the addition of new positions over the coming years. Speaking to JIS News, JFB Commissioner Stewart Beckford said the JFB’s complement of uniformed and non-uniformed personnel stands at around 2,164, with the number of uniformed firefighters hoveringRead More →
local government December 2, 2021 Written by: Charnele Henri The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has announced plans to increase its strength through the addition of new positions over the coming years. Talk with JIS News, JFB Commissioner Stewart Beckford said the JFB’s complement of uniformed and non-uniformed personnel stands atRead More →
Six days after a level 4 fire (major fire) which destroyed nearly 20 stores on the first floor of the Prime shopping center located at Irla Market in Vile Parle West, the shops in the shopping center remain closed. Meanwhile, Mumbai firefighters decided to issue a notice to the managementRead More →
Members of the Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade in front of their new home. PHOTO/JOHN LAZO-RON John [email protected] It’s taken 13 years of preparation, but the Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade finally has a more permanent place they can call home. The brigade moved into its new station on Main Street lastRead More →
Mumbai: As a preventive measure to curb the increase in fire cases in the city, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) has sent notices to no less than 90 residential buildings in 24 administrative districts of the Mumbai civic body in the past two weeks due to non-compliance with fire safetyRead More →
After receiving criticism from all sides following a series of fires in the city, the Mumbai Fire Department has launched new audits of housing companies and skyscrapers in the city. As part of these audits, the MFB identified in two weeks 90 housing companies spread over 24 administrative districts forRead More →
To help fight fires in high-rise buildings, densely populated residential areas and crowded slum pockets, Mumbai firefighters introduced their new fleet of firefighting vehicles two weeks ago. To help fight fires in tall buildings, densely populated residential areas and crowded slum pockets, Mumbai firefighters presented their latest fleet of firefightingRead More →
news, latest news, The Hamilton Fire Department has come a long way from using buckets of water to fight fires due to limited resources. The brigade celebrates 150 years of its creation in 1870, when firefighters did not even have access to reliable water, pumps or hoses. Instead, the brigadeRead More →
Ulhasnagar municipal company plans to introduce a fire fighting bicycle with a capacity of 40 liters of water; this will allow UMC to enter smaller alleys in the city to put out the fire and avoid a major incident; he plans to have a bike assembled which costs around Rs8-Rs10Read More →
As far as we can determine, these two plug-in hybrids are the world’s first electric firefighting boats, delivered by the Dutch shipyard Damen to Flotte Hamburg, a subsidiary of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) responsible to implement low-emission maritime transport in the city. With a battery capacity of 315 kWh,Read More →
NASHIK: Firefighters earlier this year advised Ahmednagar Civil Hospital, where 11 Covid patients died in a fire on Saturday, to set up appropriate firefighting equipment throughout the premises . The ministry made the suggestion after conducting a fire audit at the hospital in March. The fire, which started at 10:30Read More →
From September 20 until November, the Grenfell Inquiry heard a deluge of criticism over the role of the London Fire Department (LFB) in tackling the Grenfell fire. Hell on the night of June 14, 2017, killed 72 people in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. The focusRead More →
Dublin firefighters have been called three times a week to witness false fires by prankster callers. From 2015 to the end of 2020, 974 “malicious false alarm” calls were recorded, according to a response from Dublin City Council management. Firefighters treat every call the same and always send a “fullRead More →
The DUBLIN fire brigade received 186 calls for Halloween yesterday, up from more than 480 last year. From midnight Saturday to midnight last night, Dublin firefighters received calls reporting 186 incidents related to the fires. Of these, 113 were fires related to Halloween. Last year there were 415 fire relatedRead More →
Broadford Fire Brigade Fourth Lieutenant Tracey Ord, Second Lieutenant Brass Telfer, Third Lieutenant Tony Smith and Captain Shaun Bastow. Broadford Fire Brigade is now recruiting new members to help not only fight the fires, but also in a myriad of roles to serve the community. Captain Shaun Bastow said theRead More →
MUMBAI: The city’s firefighters are in talks with companies to purchase “fire fighting dronesâ€. Technology-based equipment can put out fires in crowded communities or in places where ladders cannot rise above a point, such as high-rise buildings. In addition, firefighters will soon introduce a “special purpose vehicle” to extinguish fires.SuchRead More →
Friday’s fire in Avighna Park in Lower Parel saw Mumbai firefighters deploy drones for the first time in the city while conducting search operations after the blaze. With a proliferation of skyscrapers in Mumbai, Mumbai firefighters are seeking cutting-edge technology and equipment, including the ability to deploy drones to fightRead More →
FRANKFORD, Mo – The Frankford Rural Fire Department is hosting its 10th annual Ham, Bean and Cornbread Dinner in the basement of Frankford Christian Church this Sunday to raise money to pay off the truck fire brigade bought last year. “We bought the truck in 2020, but due to COVID-19Read More →
The faces of Gloucester’s rural firefighters have changed with 70 percent of new members wearing the fire-retardant tunic as this season approaches. Of the new members, two are completely new to firefighting while the rest have been transferred from other brigades. Along with the membership renewal, there has also beenRead More →
Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident which, according to London Fire Brigade investigators, was caused by smoking materials. A fire at a playhouse in Stockwell was a reminder of the dangers of smoking amidst this year’s Stoptober. Part of the 16th floor of the five-room two-level maisonette onRead More →
All FM104 news Staff shortages at Dublin Fire Brigade have been described as completely unacceptable, while the union representing the firefighters will present their concerns to the HSA on Thursday. Dublin Fire Brigade staff fear chronic understaffing as Halloween approaches. Six aircraft were off the road yesterday at Dun Laoghaire,Read More →
Staff shortages at Dublin’s firefighters left six devices off the road today. The devices at Rathfarnham, Dun Laoghaire, North Strand, Phibsborough and Tara Street are out of order. SIPTU figures also show that several other devices are operating without the required levels of personnel. Seven of the devices operating todayRead More →
A union has called for more to be done to help those “trapped” by the coatings crisis. A motion was brought forward by the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) at the Labor Party conference this weekend. The motion called for “more sustained investment in building control by local authorities, fire safetyRead More →
The injuries that fireworks can cause were highlighted today during a brutal demonstration by Dublin firefighters when they showed how a firecracker can detonate the fingers of one hand. The force of the explosion of the common fireworks blew the thumb and forefinger of a plaster model hand to reproduceRead More →
The staff shortage at the Dublin Fire Brigade is of growing concern as Halloween approaches. They urgently need around 60 more firefighters to protect the people of Dublin. There are now calls for an immediate recruiting drive. The summer was “particularly bad” Dublin firefighter Shane McGill says the understaffing isRead More →
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Firefighters were called to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday morning, but no injuries were reported as 300 people were evacuated. London firefighters said in a statement that the scene was quickly brought under control once people were evacuated from the nine-story building. There were no reports of injuries sustained duringRead More →
London firefighters have issued an urgent warning after a large fire ravaged the second floor of a Battersea hotel last Saturday (August 28). Up to 15 fire trucks were called to the Falcon Wharf hotel at 11:22 p.m. to deal with the massive blaze, which saw two people rushing toRead More →
Cleveland firefighters will visit businesses and apartments in Hartlepool for safety reasons. Cleveland firefighters will lead a month-long campaign for safer businesses starting next week after figures show 86% of businesses that have a fire never recover. The move is part of the National Fire Brigade’s annual Business Safety Week,Read More →
The scorched lands in West Attica exceeded 94,000 acres, according to the latest measurement, which with luck and everyone’s wish will be the last. Concretely, as shown by the satellite based on the European Copernicus system, which was activated almost at the start of the fire by the Civil Protection,Read More →
Muzaffarpur has a population of around 48 lakhs and the district has thousands of houses, factories, gas stations, big business showrooms. However, in such a district, currently only 41 firefighters are available, and of these 41 firefighters, only 30 firefighters are present at the station headquarters. Ten of them areRead More →
The description Emergency Call 112 – Fire Fighting Simulation 2 is the further development of the successful Part 1, which allows every fan firefighter to experience how a professional fire department works. The second part was also developed in cooperation with the Mülheim fire brigade. The now completely newly createdRead More →
The German fire brigade training center, Institut der Feuerwehr NRW (IdF NRW), has ordered 109 Magirus LF20-KatS vehicles on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Euro 6 emission compliant vehicles, on MAN TGM 18.340 BB 4×4 chassis with Allison 3000 Series â„¢ fully automatic transmissions,Read More →
Methods of fire fighting in Germany How the fire protection service is organized – Professional, volunteers, forced firefighter, factory firefighters – ambulance service The fire fighting and fire protection methods of other countries are still of interest to the chiefs of the American fire departments, and this is especially trueRead More →
New firebombs require new fire fighting technique In a number of recent air raids against Britain, the Germans have used an explosive incendiary bomb containing phosphorus, the material of which will continue to burn as long as it is exposed and only stop underwater. This means new methods of fightingRead More →
Following the tragedy of the fire at Bhandara Hospital, State Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar expressed the need for an advanced fire fighting system in the areas rural. However, senior state government officials said there was no firefighting system in rural areas. None of Maharashtra’s 34 zilla parishads hasRead More →
DJ Snake first came to India with Major Lazer to shoot what would become one of the most popular music videos in the world. Lean on. The clip featured Govinda-inspired dance moves, lots of color, Indian motifs, and a particularly bling-up local road bus. Well, the French DJ and producerRead More →
Fighting fires in Northern Ireland characteristics For most Americans, the notion of fighting fires in Northern Ireland conjures up a nightmarish view of network news: a group of people on a street in Belfast; a overturned car on fire; and a “pump” arriving, his two-tone European siren unable to protectRead More →