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Our fire dog Sherlock and his handler Paul (left), recently undertook two comprehensive training days alongside LFB colleague Mick Boyle with fire dogs Murphy and Roscoe (right) and Tim Richmond and fire dog Reggie from Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (middle).
The training was led by Clive Gregory who set up fire investigation dogs in the UK and included searches covering a range of scenarios including open area searches, building searches and searches in densely vegetated areas that allowed the trainers to test the dogs’ ability to indicate areas of interest even if they couldn’t get direct access to a hide.
You can find out more about the work of our fire dogs here http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/fire-investigation-dogs.asp
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Yesterday at 3:25am · 
Our crews do a lot of work in the community and recently Hounslow firefighters attended the borough’s Junior Citizens workshops where they spoke to children from local primary schools about fire safety.
The children were quizzed on the dangers of fire in the home and how they can be prevented. As well as discussing what to do when a smoke alarm goes off, the pupils practiced how they’d respond in the event of a fire with lots of thick smoke – by staying low and crawling to sa...
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  • Robin Sharp I took this for 1 day and the response from the children was very impressive. If each child learns 1 thing . It could save there life and educate there parents at the same time. The reason it is in a tent is because there were 14 other groups runnin...See More
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  • Val Newman Shame you picked the Hounslow scheme to illustrate the FB's involvement - the Wandsworth Scheme (ROSPA approved) was one of the first and is held using proper scenarios where the importance of the message becomes far more realistic than in a tent -
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July 3 at 11:14am · 
Earlier today our uniformed and support staff across the Brigade held a minute’s silence to remember those who lost their lives in the Tunisia attack.
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  • Debra Cutter Morrisons did 2 minute silence in respect of those who lost their lives in the Tunisia attack thoughts are with you all xxx
    July 3 at 11:48am
  • Donna Hyland Full respect and admiration for all our firefighters and god bless those who lost their lives. My heart weeps for you and your families x
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July 3 at 6:36am · 
Congratulations and a huge well done to Chelsea Blue Watch who have raised over £2,200 for the Emily Ash Trust – a charity for children suffering from cancer and leukaemia. 
The watch organised two charity challenges as part of their fundraising efforts. 
The first task was a four mile fire engine pull from Chelsea fire station to Knightsbridge and as if that wasn’t difficult enough, the following week the watch completed a 7km Mud Challenge assault course. 
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  • Roy Paton a Massive big well done to chelsea blue watch Lads And lassie of London fire brigade on rasing cash for children with cancer a big a well done to the whole of london fire brigade on a massive big push
    July 3 at 2:38pm
  • Carly Van De Bourry-Konstantis Also a huge thank you to Bromley Fire Station for raising nearly £4,000 for 3 yr old Ruby Laura Young from Kent, battling stage 4 neuroblastoma and needing £500K for treatment in the USA. 
    You guys and gals rock! Xxxx 
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