LearnPro Group, a global leader in public safety and emergency service technologies, in partnership with Softcat plc, has been selected through the competitive London Fire Brigade (LFB) One Risk procurement process to deliver its Prevent + Protect platform. LFB has selected Prevent…
London Fire Brigade spend nearly £20m on false fire alarm call-outs since 2019
The service visits thousands of false calls every year, with each callout proving to be costly. London Fire Brigade has been called out to over 50,000 false fire alarms in the past five years, a new investigation has revealed. Figures…
London Fire Brigade selects MSA Safety for new breathing apparatus contract
MSA’s M1 SCBA Supports London’s Focus on Enhanced Firefighter Safety MSA Safety Incorporated today announced it has been awarded a $9 million contract from the London Fire Brigade to supply firefighters with MSA’s new M1 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) and telemetry technology. The contract…
Kent mum raises more than £7,500 for The Fire Fighters Charity, in memory of firefighter husband
A Kent mum has dedicated the last five years to raising money for The Fire Fighters Charity in her husband’s memory, after he died suddenly while at work. Nikki Haxton-Jones’ firefighter husband, Danny, passed away in July 2017, despite his…
Magirus supplies London Fire Brigade with Europe’s highest turntable ladders
London Fire Brigade (LFB) has ordered a total of 15 turntable ladders from Magirus through the UK distributor Emergency One, three of which are 64m high. This means that London Fire Brigade has the highest turntable ladders in Europe. Magirus…
King’s Cross fire: plaque unveiled for fallen firefighter on anniversary
A new plaque has been unveiled to remember the firefighter who died in the King’s Cross fire in 1987. The fire is one of the worst fires in recent British history, with 31 people losing their lives and more than…
Fire investigators issue urgent warning over fires involving e-bike batteries
A man who escaped a blaze at his flat has backed fire investigators in issuing an urgent warning following a spike in ‘ferocious’ fires caused by electric bike and scooter batteries. Nihad Chemban was lucky to get away without serious…
A rare survivor from the London Fire Brigade sells for £10,750
In 1965, Greater London Council ordered six Commer Cobs to be used as BACVs (Breathing Apparatus Control Vehicles). DYC32C ended up, at least to start with, in Bromley. It remained with the Fire Brigade until 1977, when it was sold…
London Fire Engineers to fundraise for Macmillan Cancer Support
London Fire Brigade Fire Engineering Group (FEG) members have committed to walk a combined 1,000 miles in March to fundraise for Macmillan Cancer Support Over the past year a number of the team have been directly impacted by cancer and…
Uzair and Obi – a dynamic duo on the Covid front line
Firefighter Uzair is usually found with his White Watch colleagues at Hillingdon, but having volunteered to work with London Ambulance Service, he's made a new friend for life in the shape of paramedic Obi. They deserve an entire buddy movie,…