Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) has launched a powerful new short film to raise awareness of the consequences of deliberate fire setting – as crews prepare for one of their busiest times of the year. Last year,…
UK Fire and Rescue Services attend over 300,000 deliberate fires since 2019
While fire and rescue services across the UK attended fewer incidents last year, deliberate fires continue to waste valuable resources and put lives in danger. UK Fire and Rescue Services have attended over 900,000 incidents since 2019, with a number…
Deliberate fires are putting people’s lives at risk across Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear’s Chief Fire Officer, Chris Lowther has urged teenage arsonists to not put lives at risk this half term after revealing crews are spending 64 days a year tackling deliberate fires. Since Bonfire Night 2020, firefighters and crews…
Fire safety on the shopping list
Fire safety and reducing the number of deliberate fires are on the shopping list for Cleveland Fire Brigade as they look to support smaller retail premises with sleeping accommodation above. The Brigade is running a month-long ‘Safer Business’ campaign in…
Taking nuisance fires for granted
Community groups with innovative ideas to help reduce nuisance fires are being offered grants of up to £3,000 from Cleveland Fire Brigade. Some 85% of Cleveland’s fire calls are related to deliberate fires – the highest in the country –…
More than 60 deliberate fires started every day in Scotland during Spring 2019
Firefighters in Scotland were called to tackle more than 60 deliberate fires every single day during Spring last year – almost double during the same period in 2018. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) crews were mobilised to a total…
Deliberate fires at Bonfire Night saw fire appliances mobilised 400 times a week
DELIBERATE fires over the Bonfire Night period saw fire appliances across Scotland mobilised almost 400 times a week in 2018, according to figures. Firefighters responded to 1,307 such incidents in the four weeks leading up to November 5, 2018 –…