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From the category archives:
Please close your eyes. No wait, then you won’t be able to read this. Hmmm…okay, DON’T close your eyes, but go to that piece of your imagination that lets you see situations. And imagine this one. There is a fire at work. Flames, smoke, electricity off, alarms – the whole shebang. Now in this situation, [...]
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Found a great site today – it makes fabulous items, such as belts and handbags out of old fire hoses. Love it!!
The company is called Elvis & Kresse, and products from their range have been worn by such celeb-tastic people as Cameron Diaz, who modelled it in the June 2009 issue of US Vogue. They [...]
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Burning issues in Brussels: the EU building before the fire
Oh, the irony. On Saturday, a blaze broke out at the national Fire Service College at Moreton-in-Marsh, destroying eleven fire engines used at the college for fire training. Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service scrambled 58 firefighters to attend the college fire, assisted by crews from [...]
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Tags: EU fire regulations, fire engine, fire extinguisher discounts, Fire Service Cllege
Posted in Fire extinguishers Fire fighters Fire safety equipment Fire safety in the news by Kirsty
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service were proudly showing off their latest vehicle this week, a 4×4 all terrain fire engine. The Unimog can carry 5,000 litres of water, protect itself from fire with a curtain of water, and even pump out flooded areas if required.
The main reason the brigade has invested in the new fire [...]
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Tags: fire cabinet, fire engine, fire log book, firedocument holder, Unimog
Posted in Fire fighters Fire safety equipment Fire safety in the news by Kirsty
After writing last week’s blog, I popped down to see the lady whose garage had been burnt after their neighbour’s shed caught fire.
It’s only when you stand in a building gutted by fire that you realise just how devastating it can be. What struck me most was the fact that most of her household appliances [...]
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The best view of a fire engine, perhaps – leaving after a job well done…
It finally happened. We had a fire just down the close off my quiet suburban road – and I missed it! A garden shed caught fire, setting light to stored wood and in turn igniting a neighbour’s garage. The neighbour’s kids, [...]
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Tags: fire engine, garage fire, Hampshire fire, heat alarms
Posted in Fire fighters Uncategorized by Kirsty
Just a quick note for all of those who remember family outings to Skegness – did you see the news report concerning the Square Peg Pub, on the Grande Parade earlier this week – quite a large fire broke out in the Square Peg pub, spreading to a nightclub and resulting in 13 people being [...]
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Tags: Fire, Lincolnshire, Skegness, Square Peg Pub
Posted in Fire fighters Fire safety in the news by Fiona
In East Lothian on Monday, the answer was eight…
Fudgie the hamster escaped from her cage when being looked after by a friend whilst her owners were on holiday. Hamster-minder Angela Appleby woke up on Monday morning to discover that her friend’s furry pet had escaped, probably squeezing behind the units in the kitchen.
She remarked on [...]
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Posted in Fire fighters by Kirsty
It’s easy to forget sometimes that it’s not just fire that can damage your house, but smoke too.
A year or so back, a friend of mine who works from home had just heated some soup for lunch on the stove, when his next client turned up a little early. He was convinced he’d turned the [...]
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Posted in Fire fighters Fire safety equipment by Kirsty
Just days after two Devon men were sentenced in court for possession of cannabis, discovered after their house caught fire, another home-based ‘cannabis factory’ has gone up in smoke.
Firemen were called to a roof fire in an inconspicuous terraced home in Normanton at 3am in the morning, to discover the roof ablaze. Once the fire [...]
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