Knowledge learned over more than a century in Australia is being tested by worsening fires. It’s a familiar narrative around the worldThe violent hot red flames of deadly wildfires across the UK and Europe and scenes of panicked...
Read MoreI was sick and tired of the world treating me like a victim, so I decided to flip the narrative. At 25, I tried out for my local volunteer fire academyWhen I was six years old, my entire body went up in flames. It was 1992, in...
Read MoreMillions of households are exposed to materials in upholstered furniture that can release dangerous fumes when they burnThe UK is still using extremely outdated furniture fire safety rules, putting people at risk from toxic...
Read MoreBleak, enraging documentary combines firsthand accounts of the disaster with appalling record of official negligenceThe 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London which caused 72 deaths is now the subject of Olaide Sadiq’s...
Read MoreAll-party group concerned about hazards caused by bikes, with focus on use by delivery drivers and risk of fire Ministers must urgently act to stop the sale of illegal and potentially lethal electric bikes, with a particular...
Read MoreExclusive: National Fire Chiefs Council warns of pressures, with callouts up 20% in a decade as firefighter numbers fallFire stations in England are “falling apart”, fire chiefs have warned, with funding plummeting by an...
Read MoreBases in Norfolk, Devon and Hampshire face MoD investigation over possible leaching of dangerous PFAS into environmentThree UK military bases have been marked for investigation over fears they may be leaking toxic “forever...
Read MorePassengers advised not to travel to the airport, which would be closed until midnight on Friday due to a substation fire London’s Heathrow airport has been closed until midnight on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation...
Read MoreFirefighters from across the capital sent to popular venueThe popular celebrity venue Chiltern Firehouse in London will remain closed until further notice after a fire forced about 100 people to evacuate on Friday lunchtime.The...
Read MoreAward given to next of kin of more than 30 public servants after campaign by fathers of murdered police officersMore than 30 former firefighters, police officers and other public servants who died in the line of duty have become...
Read MoreDisciplinary committee also found Grant Mayos to have promoted material by far-right Britain FirstThe Fire Brigades Union has barred a former member of its governing executive for allegedly making racist posts online and...
Read MoreExclusive: Firefighter, disability and Grenfell groups criticise ‘inconsistent rollout’ of emergency guidance Firefighter, disability and Grenfell groups have criticised the existence of a “dangerous postcode lottery” as data...
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