London Fire Brigade
Yesterday at 2:55am · 
New sunlight blaze this time in Balham as garden terrace is destroyed. This comes in the same week that our mirrors/glass jars and goldfish bowl sunrays advice has been seen by over 8.5 million http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/…/LatestNewsReleases_sunlight…
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London Fire Brigade
June 13 at 3:15am · 
Crews recently rescued a mischievous baby fox that got it’s head stuck in a wall at a house in Sutton.
Firefighter John Griffin who was attended the incident, said: “An extension was being built at the back of the property and a family of foxes had got in under the floor. There was a hole in one of the breeze blocks and the cub had got its head stuck.
“We covered the fox over with a towel and chiselled the wall around it and as soon as it was free it ran straight back under t...
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  • Clare Louise Griffin My wonderful husband John Griffin and White Watch Sutton did the rescue and freed the cub....well done lads  xx
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  • Gordon Pickett We had one like this many years ago at Hendon when a fox ran through a hedge and caught it's hind leg in a wire loop rabbit trap with a lead weight attached to it. We called the RSPCA who released it. I still have the lead weight. I think these type of rabbit traps are diabolical. The poor animals lie in these traps for hours in pain before being collected by the villains that lay them. It should be illegal.
    2 · June 13 at 11:45pm
London Fire Brigade
June 12 at 9:14am · 
We remembered our firefighters who have died protecting London at Highgate Cemetery today. 
A Firefighter's Tears
Today I am sad. I wish I knew why....
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June 11 at 10:39am · 
The Massey Shaw held an open day at Lambeth River Fire Station last weekend as part of a double celebration of her history. The event was organised in conjunction with the Massey Shaw and Marine Vessels Preservation Society and commemorated 80 years of the Massey Shaw being commissioned and 75 years since Operation Dynamo, where she assisted in the rescue of British troops form the beaches of Dunkirk.
Around 50 retired members and their families visited the station to relive ...
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June 10 at 8:15am · 
A green plaque was unveiled on Hazelhurst Road in Wandsworth last Saturday in memory of 35 people who died when a V2 rocket landed nearby on 19th November 1944. Local people crowded the area between Smallwood School and Sutton Courtenay House to see the Mayor of Wandsworth, Councillor Nicola Nardelli and brothers John & Arthur Keeley reveal the borough's ninth green heritage plaque.
The Keeley brothers lived at 44 Hazelhurst Road when the rocket hit and can remember firefig...
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  • Sue Conrad Nanette, I read this and immediately thought of your dad and his work during WW II.
    June 11 at 7:40am
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June 9 at 10:24am · 
Drive an electric vehicle? From today you can charge it at one of nine London fire stations. 
As part of our commitment to reducing carbon emissions and our impact on the environment, we’ve installed electric vehicle charge points at 71 fire stations and at five other Brigade sites.
Last year we secured £592,000 of government funding to cover 75 percent of the total cost of installing the charge points. The remaining cost was covered by Chargemaster who installed and will man...
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  • Simon Cooper Read a comment below about what happens if the Fire brigade block someone in whilst training. Think that's the wrong way round. What if some one blocks a door or is reversing as a call comes in and the engine is delayed and some one dies as a result? All the stations around me say KEEP CLEAR for a reason, i thought anyway?
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  • Richard Kirby Who will cover the cost if someone hits my car while I'm not at the stn and just drives off?? Who police random people entering the fire stn? @the London fire bridge
    3 · June 10 at 2:25am
    • London Fire Brigade None of the public charge points are at the rear of the stations, they are all at the side of the forecourts so staff members' vehicles should be unaffected. The public can only use the charge points as registered Chargemaster customers, so the users are known to our contractor.
      June 10 at 7:42am
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June 9 at 1:39am · 
This post has been seen by 1.5 million and as the sun is out today it's a good reminder to share this with anyone who leaves mirrors or glasses on windowsills.
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Another sunlight blaze yesterday caused by a mirror focussing rays onto bedding. Plenty of sunshine today and over the weekend so if you've got mirrors, bottles...
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  • Elizabeth Chart I cover up mirrors when I know it's going to be sunny or keep the curtains closed. Since seeing a picture of a fire that was caused a simular way.
    June 9 at 1:25pm
  • Heather McInnes Never would have thought this could happen or believed it if posted by anyone else, very scary will move mirrors away from sun light
    June 11 at 12:09pm