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From the daily archives: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Land Rover Experience, Herefordshire | 8 Feb 2012
A vital piece of lifesaving equipment has been installed by West Midlands Ambulance at Land Rover Experience in Herefordshire.
Staff at the centre in Eastnor have been trained in using the defibrillator, a device used to restart the heart of someone who suffers a cardiac arrest.
Land [...]
Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich | 8 Feb 2012
A baby who made her arrival outside in the snow yesterday (Monday, February 6) was ensured a safe welcome to the world thanks to the ambulance service’s newest call handler.
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) was called to snowy Thorpe Hamlet in Norwich where [...]
A Corwen hotelier doesn’t remember much about the road traffic collision that nearly claimed his life, but he will never forget the paramedic who helped pull him back from the brink.
David Cowan, who runs Bron Y Graig hotel, was reunited this week with paramedic Gareth Williams…the man he [...]
Bradford | 8 Feb 2012
Bradford restaurant chain, Akbar’s, has become the first in the UK to install an automated external defibrillator (AED) in all its UK venues, including its flagship restaurant in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
The devices are proven life savers for people who experience sudden cardiac arrest and the automated nature of [...]
Beech Avenue, Uppermill | 8 Feb 2012
An elderly woman burned her foot, bed and carpet after a microwaveable wheat bag overheated at her home in Uppermill.
Firefighters are asking people to use the items with caution following the incident as part of the advice they are giving out for Cooking Fire Safety Month.
A [...]
Holmeswood Road, Lever Edge, Bolton | 8 Feb 2012
A young couple were rescued by firefighters after a fire in an electrical consumer unit of a block of flats in Bolton.
Two crews from Bolton Central and one from Farnworth were called to Holmeswood Road in Lever Edge at 12.25am.
The electrical consumer unit was [...]
Merseyside | 8 Feb 2012
An amnesty on dangerous heating is being launched by Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service for the elderly in a bid to reduce house fires and deaths.
It will offer vulnerable pensioners the opportunity to swap their unsafe heaters for free oil-filled radiators at seven fire stations in Merseyside [...]
The Shopping Village, Lansdowne Way, Huyton Village | 8 Feb 2012
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is helping a charity set up by the family of Francesca Bimpson who died following an arson attack on the family home.
The three-year-old was badly burned in the blaze on December 2, 2008. Her father [...]
Merseyside | 8 Feb 2012
A thousand special cards aimed at saving the lives of motorcyclists and cyclists injured in a crash have been handed out by Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service.
The CRASH Card, which is kept in the rider’s helmet, gives emergency services details of their medical history and [...]
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service Training & Development Academy, Croxteth | 8 Feb 2012
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool took part in a training experience with firefighters from Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service.
The Lord Mayor, Councillor Frank Prendergast, donned breathing apparatus and protective clothing to see firefighters from Crosby Community Fire Station and [...]
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