Northern Ireland | 20 April 2012 Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) is urgently renewing its appeal for the public’s help in helping them to protect the elderly in our community from the dangers of fire. It comes following a sudden increase in fatal accidental house fires across Northern Ireland over the past...
United Kingdom
Wales | Four firefighters injured after RTC involving firetruck in Gwynedd
A493 near Pennal, Machynlleth in Gwynedd | 14 April 2012 Police and Ambulance were called to the A493 near Pennal, Machynlleth in Gwynedd at 5.20pm yesterday afternoon,Friday April 13th after a fire engine returning from an incident in Mid wales where it assisted Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue service left the road....
England | HPA reports continued increase in whooping cough cases
London | 16 April 2012 665 laboratory confirmed cases of whooping cough have been reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in England and Wales between January and March 2012, compared to total of 1,040 cases across the whole of 2011. The increase – continuing from the second half of 2011 – has been...
Wales | Ambulance staff and volunteers rally round for big hearted lifesaver supporter
Old Colwyn | 20120405 Welsh Ambulance Service staff have rallied together to bring a smile to a valued supporter of a life-saving scheme who missed her Christmas. Llanrwst paramedic Alun Roberts paid a special visit to Bethany Siddle-Ward, of Old Colwyn, to present her with a personalised gift of support from ambulance staff and...
North Wales | Three people rescued from fire in residential care home in Mold
New Brighton Road | 21 March 2012 North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called at 17.57hrs this evening (Wednesday 21st March) to a report of a fire in a residential care home in New Brighton Road, Mold. Three fire appliances from Deeside and Mold, together with an aerial ladder platform from Wrexham, attended...
Wales | Motorcyclist seriously injured in head-on off-road crash on Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach | 7 March 2012 Wales Air Ambulance’s Caernarfon based helicopter received an emergency call on Sunday 4th March regarding a collision of motorcycles on Sandy Beach. The helicopter was mobile at 14.24 and arrived on scene at 14.35 to begin delivering medical attention to the male who was in his 40s. The...
Northern Ireland | Woman injured in house fire in Andersontown
Glen Road | 9 March 2012 Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued a woman aged in her 40s from a semi-detached house fire on the Glen Road, Andersonstown in West Belfast. Two hosereel jets were used to deal with the fire which had started in the kitchen and appeared to have been caused by discarded smoking...
North Wales | Elderly woman escapes house fire near Mold
Llanarmon yn Ial | 10 March 2012 Firefighters are highlighting the importance of smoke alarms after an 80 year old woman was lucky to escape unharmed from a fire in her home near Mold. Crews from Deeside, Mold and Ruthin were called to the incident near Llanarmon yn Ial at 12.14hrs today (9th March)...
North Wales | Smoke alarms alert elderly couple to fire in Rhydymwyn home
Vicarage Road | 6 March 2012 Firefighters are highlighting the importance of smoke alarms after an elderly couple escaped unharmed from a serious fire in their Rhydymwyn home. Two crews from Deeside and a crew from Buckley were called to the split level bungalow on Vicarage Road, Rhydamwyn after being notified by the occupier...
North Wales | Electrical fires warning following Llandudno fire
Llandudno | 17 Feb 2012 A Senior Fire Officer is warning of the dangers of electrical fires following yesterday’s fire in Llandudno where three people were hospitalised. Firefighters rescued three people from the property on Trinity Avenue, Llandudno yesterday morning (Wednesday February 15). An elderly female and her adult son are currently still in...
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