An arsonist who started fires in DIY stores across Kent has been sentenced to four years in prison for public protection.
Benny Joe Dighton, formerly of Chatham, pleaded guilty to attempted arson with intent to endanger life at a B&Q in Maidstone, B&Q Larkfield and intent to damage property at Homebase in Aylesford.
The 28-year-old was caught on [...]
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Fire safety in the news
Did you know that firefighters dealt with hundreds of calls to grass fires around Wales this year, and official figures suggest that three-quarters of the most serious grass fires in Wales are started deliberately. Well, this was a story in the news recently and I think it makes quite disturbing reading.
Five people were injured in [...]
Have you ever thought about what would happen if your business were victim to a fire? How would your business cope in the aftermath? Well, these hypothetical questions have become the unfortunate reality for a business in Wiltshire.
The Beckford Arms is an 18th Century coaching inn, located in the sleepy Wiltshire village of Fonthill Gifford, [...]
Saw a really fab innovation in the news recently. Merseyside fire and rescue service have started using fire bikes. Now, when I first saw the headline, it conjured up images of flaming bicycles streaking down the road in a sort of mad stunt-like manner. Regrettably, this is not the story at all – but I [...]
There’s a story in the news this week about a fire that has been burning for a whopping three WEEKS! I think that this story really illustrates how important a good fire alarm is, as notifying the fire service as early as possible is vital.
The fire is at a pallet company in South Wales. Now, [...]
There’s a story in the news this week that I thought was a really nice one. So often the fire news stories that I tell you about are to do with fires that have taken place, and casualties and destruction of property and suchlike. So, I thought I’d introduce something a wee bit more positive [...]
The insurance giant Aviva has launched a thermal imaging service. The company, which is the world’s fifth largest insurance company, serving 53 million customers across Europe, North America and Asia, has launched the service to prevent major fire risks and cut business downtime.
Now, we all know that the consequences of fire on a business can [...]
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Posted in Fire safety in the news by Hannah
Are you a business owner? Are all your fire safety procedures up to date? Well, I hope so, because there are dire consequences to not having all the required measures in place, as a Sandbach businessman found out this week.
Paul Ashley of P & S Ashley Timberworks in Norton Way, Sandbach (that’s in Cheshire, in [...]
Saw a really sad story in the news this week from Fairfield in California. An apartment fire broke out, that took the lives of four young children in Northern California.
The authorities said that it appeared that the fire was started by a candle. This statement was made on Thursday as they described their frantic rescue [...]
I am sure that is hasn’t escaped your attention that there has been a very big fire story in the news recently. Two firefighters, James Shears and Alan Bannon, were killed while fighting a fire in a block of flats in Southampton, and a further two were injured and taken to hospital.
The Chief Fire Officer, [...]