Pendleton Way | 31 Jan 2012 Two teenagers have been taken to hospital after a bed caught fire in Pendleton. Firefighters were called to a blaze at apartments on Pendleton Way at 1.15am on Tuesday, January 31. Two crews from Salford Fire Station attended and found there had been a fire involving a mattress...
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Greater Manchester | Toddler rescued from toilet seat entrapment
Sale Fire Station | 31 Jan 2012 Firefighters are used to facing all kinds of unusual situations but last Tuesday saw a family walk into a station with an extraordinary issue. Mark Edwards brought his two-year-old grandson Josh Cullen into Sale Fire Station at 4pm on Tuesday, January 24, with a toilet seat stuck over...
London | No injuries in Ilford building collapse – USAR crews clear the site
Clements Road, Ilford | 31 Jan 2012 London Fire Brigade’s specialist urban search and rescue (USAR) crews were called to a collapsed building on Clements Road in Ilford this afternoon. Six fire engines and four fire rescue units were also at the scene. The five storey building was under construction. The steel frame surrounding it collapsed and scaffolding...
Dorset | Wareham couple and dog rescued from mud
Wareham Forest | 31 Jan 2012 A couple from Poole had to be rescued from Wareham Forest yesterday (Sunday 29 January) after they became separated from both their six year old lurcher-collie cross, Daisy, and each other. Ralph Watts (58) had taken their two dogs, Daisy and Jack, out for a walk at about...
South Central England | Local ambulance service urges public to take care and prepare for winter weather
South Central England | 31 Jan 2012 As the weather gets colder, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is urging people to care of themselves whilst remembering the needs of friends, relatives and neighbours who may be at risk. Cold weather can lead to serious health problems such as heart attacks, strokes, pneumonia and depression....
Wales | ‘Care’ bears on standby to help young Flintshire patients
Flintshire | 31 Jan 2012 Flintshire ambulance service staff are starting off the new year with a fresh contingent of furry recruits who are helping put a smile on the faces of young patients. Whitford Mother’s Union members presented staff at Holywell ambulance station with a batch of trauma teddies this week. The gift...
North Yorkshire | Red Cross launches vital emergency service for people affected by fires
North Yorkshire | 31 Jan 2012 From Wednesday 1 February volunteers from the British Red Cross will be on-hand to give vital support to victims of fires, floods and similar emergencies inNorth Yorkshire. The Red Cross are launching the service in partnership with North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, who will call on the...
Humberside | Two teens treated for smoke inhalation after house fire in Beverley
St John Street, Beverley | 30 Jan 2012 Waste paper bin fire in first floor bedroom of terraced property. Fire extinguished prior to Fire Service arrival by occupier removing bin to sink and turning on tap. PPV fan in use for ventilation. Fire Service personnel administered oxygen therapy to one 13 year old female...
Humberside | Three people treated for smoke inhalation after kitchen fire in Hull
Alexandra Road, Hull | 30 Jan 2012 Unattended chip pan on fire in kitchen of first floor flat, extinguished by Fire Service personnel using two BA, one hose reel and fire blanket. PPV fan in use. One adult male suffering smoke inhalation conveyed to hospital by ambulance, two elderly females given precautionary check up...
Kent | Yacht blaze leads to cooking warning
Rochester | 30 Jan 2012 Fire crews are renewing warnings about the dangers of leaving cooking unattended, following a fire in Rochester that destroyed a boat. Crews were called to Medway Bridge Marina, Manor Lane Borstal just before 11:30pm to tackle a fire on a 40-foot yacht that was moored alongside the jetty. It...
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