Brigade appoints first-ever Young Fire Safety Officer to head up our celebration open days
A new London Fire Brigade museum and the redevelopment of Lambeth fire station moved a step closer today following the appointment of U and I Group Plc (U+I) as development partners for the old London Fire Brigade headquarters building on the Albert Embankment.
New figures haved revealed there is, on average, nearly one fire a day in the capital involving white goods such as dishwashers, washing machines, tumble dryers, fridges and freezers.
The largest ever disaster training exercise in our 150 year history began on Monday, 29 February with firefighters, police officers and ambulance personnel from across London taking part in a four day scenario based upon a building collapsing onto a tube station in the capital.
Enfield – industrial yard blaze
The Moorgate tube crash in 1975 tragically resulted in 43 people being killed and 74 being injured.
The largest ever disaster training exercise in our 150 year history begins today (Monday 29 February) with firefighters, police officers and ambulance personnel from across London taking part in a four day scenario based upon a building collapsing onto a tube station in the capital.
We are teaming up with London Ambulance Service (LAS) to respond to life-threatening health emergencies in four of the capital's boroughs.
Our only father-daughter firefighter duo made firefighting history last week after they were called to deal with a fire together in east London. This is the first time the pair have worked side-by-side as part of the same crew.
Dagenham's fire crews have begun operating from their new state-of-the-art fire station.