http://www.FireFightingNews.com United Kingdom Fire Brigade News en-us Copyright 2009 e-Firefighter, LLC Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:55 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Beer kegs exploded and flames shot into the night sky as a fire gutted five warehouses Wednesday at an industrial park in Northern England, fire officials said. The fire was reported about 5:20 p.m. at the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/EQpTOUqxZls/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=103379 London firefighters said they have responded to emergency calls for a man stuck in a child's toy car and a woman with her hand stuck in a vending machine. The London Fire Brigade said in addition to those to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/Mcq_UYfZm_Q/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=103273 LONDON - British rescue workers found one miner dead after searching a flooded coal mine in south Wales, but pressed on Friday with the search for three others trapped underground. Rescue workers scouring the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/xzQ-HwXI28g/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=101238 Savage cuts will be made to the fire service with as many as one in ten fire-fighters losing their jobs, a union has warned. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) claims that so far over 1,000 firefighter posts have been … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/cQnmWj292q8/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Evening Mail) Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=98239 The Hilton hotel in London was evacuated last night after a fire in a kitchen. Around 1,500 people were forced to leave the Hilton in Park Lane after the blaze took hold on the second floor. London Fire Brigade … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/jFFyfVoz2t4/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Irish Times) Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=97783 Roughly 100 firefighters are battling a rooftop blaze in central London. The fire at a ten-story building being refurbished on The Strand sent smoke billowing throughout the area. Officials said Tuesday no … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/_cOnvuiwd8s/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=96825 A member of Parliament wants an investigation into why fire crews in eastern England went to a wrong address, causing a delay in reaching a deadly fire. Joanna Ball, 79, died early Friday in her home in Chappel, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/m2e_i_zXAUs/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=94745 A section of the main route north from London, the M1, was closed Friday because of a fire that spread to a junkyard containing gas cylinders, officials said. Vehicular traffic was diverted to other arterial … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/XA1xSK-JO8I/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=93949 Fire crews have had specialist training following the death of a mum who fell down a mineshaft. Strathclyde Fire Rescue officers stood by while lawyer Alison Hume, 44, died in Galston, Ayrshire, in 2008. A fatal … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/FkDmq8uRElQ/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Sunday Mail) Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=92688 Three British fire service managers are facing criminal charges in the deaths of four firefighters in a warehouse fire, officials said. The three have been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence in the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/eSL7E3rcWpw/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=91682 Rioting inmates caused heavy damage to a low-security prison Saturday, smashing windows and setting fires that engulfed buildings and spewed clouds of black smoke. Fires burned into the afternoon at Ford open … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/N6k9fdFNbm4/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=88814 A community was in shock yesterday after three children died in a house fire in a seaside town. Neighbours and members of the emergency services fought in vain to revive the youngsters after they were pulled … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/QmlI8nR7YPk/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Belfast Telegraph) Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=86678 London firefighters have called off a strike on the eve of a holiday marked by fireworks and which is traditionally one of the busiest periods for the fire department. The Fire Brigades Union had said its members … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/bbvoINY0OEA/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=86366 Two state-of-the-art fire engines, which cost taxpayers almost pounds 1million, are to be taken off the road. The Combined Aerial Rescue Pumps engines, bought for pounds 450,000 each three years ago, are said to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/UM0dl1kmN2g/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Daily Record) Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=86173 Six firefighters had a lucky escape when their fire engine slid off a road and rolled three times. The pounds 200,000 tender ended up at the bottom of a hill - but the crew emerged from the mangled wreck without … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/X07ai7ByRGE/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Daily Record) Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=86054 A firefighter was injured last night after fire crews came under attack in Antrim. The male officer was hit by a large object as youths threw stones and other missiles at firefighters in The Stiles estate in the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/XR5EkjHg2Y4/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Belfast Telegraph) Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=85643 A landmark pier in southeastern England that once hosted a Rolling Stones concert was virtually destroyed in a fire Tuesday, probably marking an end to local hopes of preserving the 19th-century structure. Two … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/KYi9oSxQwbU/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=85265 Firefighters in England said they are giving trial runs to two motorcycles fitted with water and foam hoses for fires that do not require a whole engine. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said the BMW … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/dB3X7Rvmaxg/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=82028 South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue are still in attendance at a large tyre fire on White Lea Grove, Mexborough. Crews were initially called to the incident at around 1.30am and found around 120,000 tyres burning. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/I1MjYBtioAk/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (South Yorkshire Fire Rescue) Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=80901 A yob who hurled a bottle at firefighters as they tackled a blaze was jailed for six months yesterday. Derek Pike, 36, threw the bottle from the 12th floor of a tower block at crews who had arrived to tackle a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-UkFireNews/~3/ZmNcG-ehW8U/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Scott Mullen) Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=80391