Bedfordshire & Luton Fire and Rescue Service News

Recently, sprinklers have protected a school, a retirement housing block, and a 13 story residential building from fire. Yet again sprinklers are recorded as protecting the young, the elderly, and the vulnerable from fire thus providing society with the necessary resilience to the damaging forces of fire. Chip pan fire: Retirement Housing Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service were called to a chip pan fire in the first-floor kitchen of a residential block of 112 flats. A single conc...

Firefighters must have a good understanding of electrical appliances and their safety from fires Enabling rescue services to extend their understanding of electrical fires, we help them develop best-practice techniques and approaches. With government statistics showing that approximately half of all accidental domestic fires in the UK are caused by electricity, hands-on training for front line staff is vital. To help address this issue, the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) rec...