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Several elderly survivors of one of the worst V2 rocket attacks on south London during the 2nd World War will attend a special ceremony in Wandsworth accompanied by firefighters from Tooting fire station later today.
A green heritage plaque will be unveiled at 4pm this afternoon close to the spot where the V2 rocket hit the ground at Hazelhurst Road, which is now on Tooting fire station’s ground. The rocket landed on 19 November, 1944 and caused a huge amount of damage and lo...
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London Fire Brigade
Yesterday at 9:45am · 
Retired Station Manager Paul Clarke saved his elderly neighbour when fire hit her Enfield home. Station Manager Nic McCallum, who was at the scene said:
"Clearly nothing had been lost after ten years of retirement. His actions were true to form but I was thankful he had not deemed it necessary to remove his retirement axe from its mounting to gain entry.
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London Fire Brigade
June 4 at 8:36am · 
Our new figures show that fire deaths, incidents and calls are all down and fires are below 20,000 a year for first time since England won the World Cup. Fantastic achievement for firefighters & all staff who work on fire safety; making London safer than ever before.
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  • Andy King Of course they do when someone jumping out of a burning building because they have to and kill themselves doesn't count as a fire death does it. And if fire calls have gone down have all the other calls you get gone up.
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    • London Fire Brigade If the coroner determines that the death was as a result of the fire then it will be included in our stats and this includes someone dying as a result of escaping the fire.
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  • Gareth Williams I think they are saying that fires have kept pace with increased population, over 50 years, deaths may have fallen and fire prevention maybe working. Depression of the economy brings about higher losses for business and we experienced that in the 80's where insurances pay out. its good news to see we are making inroads to reducing losses and the perils of fire.
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London Fire Brigade
June 3 at 9:14am · 
Today we had a look behind the scenes at the new Old Kent Road fire station. Southwark Borough Commander Simon Tuhill showed us around the station, which opened two months ago after being rebuilt.
Do you have a question about Old Kent Road fire station? Comment below and we can put them to Simon.
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Southwark Borough Commander, Simon Tuhill, welcomes you inside the new, Old Kent Road Fire Station
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  • Bryan Jones The new station looks very smart. Any chance I could bring my Cub Scout pack for a visit? We are based in Bermondsey.
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  • Mike Lever Nice station, like the idea of the street names honours and awards. And, of course, no proper station should be without a pole, nice one !
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June 2 at 9:00am · 
Tune into ITV London at 6pm to see Firefighter James Stennett reunited with the baby he delivered in Battersea yesterday.
James paid new mum Richlove Nana Agyei and her baby - who has yet to be named - a visit earlier today and even had a cuddle with the newborn.
Richlove Nana said: “James and his colleagues are my heroes. I cant thank them enough, it’s amazing to see him again.”
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June 1 at 8:41am · 
(No need to) Call the Midwife! Firefighter James Stennett delivered a baby girl this morning, just yards from Battersea fire station.
James who is on blue watch, has been a firefighter for 13 years and previously worked as a paramedic. This is the sixth baby James has delivered and he said it was one of the easiest because his crew were there to help.
Mum and baby were taken to hospital and are doing well. Well done James and the rest of Battersea blue watch! 
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May 28 at 7:53am · 
In May 1940 the British Expeditionary Force, French and Belgian forces were trapped on the beaches surrounding Dunkirk. A major operation was initiated to evacuate these troops known as Operation Dynamo.
London Fire Brigade were approached for assistance and the Massey Shaw fireboat was dispatched to France with an enhanced crew of both LFB and Auxiliary Fire Service staff. Although the fire boat was not used for firefighting, she assisted in the evacuation of many troops and...
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May 27 at 8:03am · 
Meet Diana Gould - 103-years young on 23 May. After being inspired by Diana's positive attitude to life on a routine home fire safety visit, crews from Stanmore Green Watch decided to pay her a surprise visit on her birthday. Crew Manager Stavros Marangos said: "She's a remarkable lady and stole our hearts with her amazing attitude. We wanted to do something a little bit extra for her so we took a fire engine to her home to surprise her with a card and a bunch of flowers on her big day." Pic ©TonyHardiman
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May 26 at 9:07am · 
On Wednesday 13th May, having just finished their last night shift, 7 firefighters from Tooting Green Watch hopped on their bikes heading for Paris. The six cyclist and one support driver set themselves the unusual challenge of cycling to and from the capital of France and travelled via Brighton, Newhaven and Dieppe,
After taking in the sights of the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, the crew headed to Paris Fire station where they rested for the night. The next day they got up and set off on their ride back to Tooting, arriving back at the station on Saturday. The crew cycled a total of 400 miles in their four day challenge – well done you crazy bunch!
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  • Karen Millard Massive well done all of you. How do you fancy a new challenge? Are you competitive (and of course tough enough) to form a tug of war team to compete against the army, paramedics, police, dads etc at the Ronald McDonald house tooting charity fun day @ St George's in July? ( Daniel Ascough you've not replied to my message yet are you building up your arm muscles before you commit haha) Rachel Tween
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  • Daniel Ascough Karen I've forwarded on the challenge to our blue watch as they're on duty that day. As long as we've got a contact I'm sure they won't back down from a challenge!!
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London Fire Brigade
May 25 at 2:05am · 
The LFB's former fireboat the Massey Shaw has left Dunkirk harbour and is now on her way back to Ramsgate. She was taking part in the 75th anniversary commemorations of the rescue of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. 18 firemen took part and are credited with plucking around 500 British troops from the shallow waters and ferrying them to large ships anchored in deeper water. 
Track the Massey Shaw's progress across the Channel with other 'little ships' who also took part in the historic rescue 75 years ago:
http://www.masseyshaw.org/…/track-massey-shaw-en-route-dun…/
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