London Fire Brigade
18 mins · 
Do you own an EE power bar? Some of them are being recalled following incidents where the bars have overheated.
They could pose a fire safety risk, so check your bar and contact EE if yours has model number: E1-06 on the side http://www.ee.co.uk/power-bar-recall…
For more on product recall visit http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/product-recalls.asp
EE Power Bar recall
EE has identified a very small number of incidents where Power Bars have overheated related to batch E1-06. Please return them to an EE store.
EE.CO.UK
   Comment   
  • Most Relevant
    Anth Finnegan, Debbie Giovinazzo, Caroline Ralph and 9 others like this.
  • 25 shares
  • Becky Edgar Thanks Dawn EE already messaged me with the recall
    1 · 9 mins
  • Emma Shardlow Hudson Yes, we checked ours the other day and they're e1-01 luckily smile emoticon x
    9 mins
London Fire Brigade
Yesterday at 10:42am · 
Do you dream at night while your phone is charging under your pillow? You could end up with nightmares, don’t charge your phone as you sleep!
Another person has shared their near miss with us, share this with those you think might need a reminder of electrical dangers.
   Comment   
London Fire Brigade
August 5 at 11:20am · 
From baking a few cakes for his watch to vying for the coveted position of Star Baker. Firefighter Mat Riley will be hoping he avoids Soggy Bottoms as he shows off his baking talents to the nation on this year’s Great British Bake Off.
The hit BBC One show starts at 8pm tonight and Mat will be firing up his oven and hoping he creates an Even Bake while fighting off competition from 11 other contestants.
To keep cake orders to a minimum and the paparazzi at bay we won’t be revealing what station Mat’s based at, but tune in at 8pm to follow his journey. More here: http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/…/LatestNewsReleases_GreatBri…
London Fire Brigade - Mat fired up for Great British Bake Off challenge
Firefighter Mat Riley has gone from baking a few cakes for his watch to showing his talents in front of millions on this year's Great British Bake Off. The hit BBC One...
LONDON-FIRE.GOV.UK
   Comment   
London Fire Brigade added 4 new photos.
August 3 at 9:34am · 
This is the scene that Euston and Islington’s firefighters faced earlier when a tourist bus collided with a tree on Woburn Place in Bloomsbury.
Two fire engines and a fire rescue unit attended after an overhanging branch ripped the roof off the bus.
Four people were taken to hospital after the collision and 40 other uninjured passengers were looked after by police and LAS staff in a nearby building.
...See More
   Comment
  • Most Relevant
    Bryan Sears, Volodymyr Pachkiv, Luke Marshall and 338 others like this.
  • 142 shares
  • Jackie Turner I drive my bus down there on a regular basis and there are warning signs on the trees further down the road than this I have not seen signs on the trees further up in Bloomsbury
    1 · August 3 at 9:50pm
  • Jonathan Ray Good job as always boys and girls!

    I was just wondering who would be considered at fault here from this type of scenario. Trees don't usually have height warning signs on them and the bus looks to be sat in the bus lane as normal, a lane considered safe for buses to use. Overhanging trees would be maintained by the council.    ...See More
    August 3 at 9:44am
London Fire Brigade
August 2 at 2:34am · 
Most comprehensive fire data ever published in our near 150 year history shows that July is the busiest month, 7pm is the busiest hour, that half of all household fires start in the kitchen and Tower Hamlets has more blazes than any other borough. http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/…/LatestNewsReleases_londons-…
   Comment   
  • Most Relevant
    Luke Marshall, Paula Burke, Bill Edwards and 103 others like this.
  • 47 shares
  • Graeme Jackson You say that "Tower Hamlets has more blazes than any other borough" given that FACT 
    Why did you close Bow Fire Station, surely given that FACT that must put residents of Bow at risk!!
    Taking also into consideration that Kingsland has been closed as well !
    21 · August 2 at 2:46am · Edited
  • Anthony Barker Tower hamlets has more blazes than any other... yet they closed bow fire station?
    6 · August 2 at 3:56am
London Fire Brigade
July 31 at 11:30pm · 
We’ve got lots of events happening across the Brigade today. Get on your bike to Islington fire station where firefighters along with colleagues from the Met Police’s Road Safety Cycling team will be offering road safety advice to cyclists. There’ll also be the chance to sit in a HGV lorry to experience the driver’s view and raise awareness of the blind spots they face. The event is from 12pm to 3pm.
Croydon crews will be in the town centre raising road safety awareness and d...
See More
   Comment   
London Fire Brigade
July 31 at 10:22am · 
A huge well done to Shoreditch red watch who have been praised by London Ambulance Service for saving the life of a man who collapsed outside their station.
The crew were alerted to the unconscious man by an off-duty firefighter who had been passing. They gave him oxygen and monitored his heart rate on a defibrillator until ambulance crews arrived.
After the incident the London Ambulance Service Joint Response Unit tweeted : "Well done @LondonFire (Shoreditch) crew who just c...
See More
   Comment   
  • Most Relevant
    Lisa Jane White, Sarah Colley, Danny Kite and 1,229 others like this.
  • 89 shares
  • Paul Szemerej Not much in life you can rely on but London's firefighters will never let you down. Well done guys and girls.
    33 · July 31 at 10:42am
  • Katrina Wilson A man had a Cardiac Arrest outside my local Fire Station a couple of months back during the strikes. The firefighters were fantastic, left the strike line to commence CPR. Alongside the Ambulance Service they saved this mans life.
    6 · July 31 at 2:47pm
London Fire Brigade added 3 new photos.
July 30 at 9:39am · 
The sun has been at it again this week!
The bedroom of a house in Wimbledon was left badly damaged after a dressing table make-up mirror focussed sunlight on to curtains starting a blaze.
Fortunately no-one was injured as the occupier was alerted to the fire by their smoke alarm.
...See More
   Comment
  • Most Relevant
    Joanne Ripper, Jodie Joel, Elliot Smith and 178 others like this.
  • 305 shares
  • Joe Casey We had a close call with a snow globe melted the plastic housing on our TV set. The beam from the sun was reflected through the snow globe and redirected the sun beam to burn three holes into our TV.
    1 · July 30 at 7:47pm
  • Paul Richardson The same thing can happen with car mirrors. These days modern car mirrors automatically turn in when the engine is switched off to prevent such accidents as this
    2 · July 30 at 12:33pm