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From the daily archives: Monday, February 6, 2012
Staffordshire | 6 Feb 2012
The bad weather over the weekend meant that Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were even busier than normal.
Firefighters in the North of the county were called to three incidents involving dogs falling through ice, two of them at Tunstall Park and one at Hales Hall Park in Cheadle.
At [...]
Dearnalay Way, Chadderton | 6 Feb 2012
A woman suffered burns after her clothes caught fire while standing close to a fire in Chadderton.
Two fire engines from Chadderton Fire Station were called out to a house on Dearnalay Way at 5.50pm on Saturday, February 4.
A 34-year-year old woman had been standing in front [...]
Greater Manchester | 6 Feb 2012
Fire crews dealt with several road traffic collisions over the weekend as a result of frosty weather and snow.
Cars skidded on the roads and overturned, and one hit a wall as most of the North West experienced snow and icy conditions.
Just before 3pm on Saturday, firefighters were [...]
Greater Manchester | 6 Feb 2012
Less than one week into Cooking Fire Safety Month, the icy weekend saw crews across Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service called to five more cooking fires.
On Saturday night at 9.22pm, a crew from Stretford were called to a sheltered accommodation flat on Lacy Street, where a pan [...]
Essex County | 6 Feb 2012
As the county shivers in the grip of the severe weather which has hit the country Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has a few safety tips to help keep families safe while they stay warm in the snow.
As the mercury has dropped to below freezing many people [...]
Essex County | 6 Feb 2012
Essex County Fire and Rescue is working to do more at less cost, proactively embracinge the Big Society ethos and, most importantly, making sure that the protection offered to the people of Essex continues to grow despite dwindling budgets.
Two new life saving schemes see ECFRS continuing in its [...]
Telscombe Cliffs | 6 Feb 2012
A joint investigation between Sussex Police and East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (ESFRS) specialist fire investigators is underway following a fire at a house in Telscombe Cliffs over the weekend.
ESFRS fire investigators are currently working hard to identify the cause of the fire, which broke out at [...]
Willen Lake, Milton Keynes | 6 Feb 2012
Firefighters are urging people to stay away from icy waterways following an incident on a frozen lake on 4 Feb 2012
Crews from Newport Pagnell, Great Holm and Broughton were called to Willen Lake in Milton Keynes shortly after 5pm after a woman went on to the [...]
Cubitt Street, Aylesbury | 6 Feb 2012
Firefighters have renewed their plea for people to be careful with candles after a fire in Aylesbury yesterday (Saturday 4 February).
It broke out in the living room of a house in Cubitt Street shortly before 11am. A woman was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of [...]
Barnfield Gardens, Plumstead, SE18 | 6 Feb 2012
Thirteen people, including six children, had to be rescued from their flats on Barnfield Gardens, Plumstead, SE18 after a fire broke out in a ground floor flat last night. Part of the flat’s living room was damaged by the fire.
Residents from the flats above the fire [...]
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