Enjoyed a few too many snowballs? Don’t cook drunk! Put your leftover Christmas dinner to good use instead and have a sandwich! There have been more than 300 accidental alcohol related fires across the capital this year.
Find out how your borough fares here: http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/…/LatestNewsReleases_Top10bor… #EatDrinkBeSafe
A seven-year-old girl has given Tottenham firefighters a Christmas hamper after saving her pocket money.
Kyra and her mum visited the fire station for the second year running to deliver the amazing present. She came up with the idea all on her own and funds the contents of the hamper using her pocket money.
The police and ambulance services also received a hamper from big hearted Kyra who says she does it so the emergency services are remembered for working on Christmas Day....
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It's a Christmas miracle! Firefighters saved Christmas in more ways than one for a family in Edmonton, after their oven caught fire whilst their turkey was cooking this afternoon.
On learning the occupants had nowhere else they could finish cooking their Christmas dinner, the crew took their turkey back to Edmonton fire station and popped it into to the oven with their own.
The family were able to pop down to the station a few hours later, collect their cooked bird and enjoy...
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Merry Christmas from everyone at London Fire Brigade. As you tuck into your Christmas dinner, please spare a thought for our firefighters, control officers and other Brigade staff who are working today.
Hillingdon red watch recently visited Shooting Star Chase children’s hospice where they made a special appearance in their annual Christmas video.
The Great Christmas Rescue stars children, families and the charity’s staff, the hospice becomes buried in snow and firefighters from come to the rescue.
Keep an eye out for the crews arrival at around 8mins 30secs. You can watch The Great Christmas Rescue here: http://www.shootingstarchase.org.uk/news/videos/
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Walthamstow blue watch are raising £500 to buy presents which they’ll hand out with buckets of festive cheer on Christmas Day at Whipps Cross Hospital Children’s ward.
As well as presents for 24 poorly children who will spend this Christmas in hospital, the crew are also using the donations to take flowers and chocolates for the staff and parents, as well as for new toys for the ward’s playroom.
To donate visit https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/WhippsChristmas
Yesterday evening Brigade staff, their families and friends gathered at St Paul’s Cathedral for the annual Christmas carol service.
More than 2,000 people sang carols and listened to readings including the poem Angels’ Song read by Fire Cadet Christine Sandford and an excerpt from a Christmas Carol by actor Amanda Redman MBE.
We’ve revealed the top 10 boroughs in London for accidental alcohol related fires. The figures have been released as we, alongside London's other emergency services, launched WhatsApp messaging alerts as part of Eat, Drink and Be Safe - an alcohol awareness campaign for the Christmas Party Season.
You can sign up to Eat, Drink and Be Safe WhatsApp alerts for free, helpful video hints and reminders from the capital's emergency services directly to their phone. To sign up to th...
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Firefighters at #Sidcup Fire Station will be cooking Christmas dinner for elderly residents who are on their own on Xmas Day. This time of year it's important to look after one another and a quick and easy way is to test yours and elderly neighbours smoke alarms.
A Wimbledon firefighter and his crew are raising money to buy presents which they will deliver on Christmas Eve to sick children in hospital.
Gareth Jennings, 31, has set up the Harrie Foundation, which is named after his five-year-old nephew who is currently battling a brain tumour.
The small charity aims to try and put smiles back on the faces of children affected by illness. To find out more about the charity and donate please go to http://www.harriesfoundation.com/
LFB Fire Cadets have designed unique Christmas cards for a young girl in New York who lost her family in a tragic fire.
The cards are in the post to eight-year-old Safyre Terry, after her wish to receive Christmas cards from around the world was broadcast on Facebook.
Safyre's father and three younger siblings died in a deliberate fire in 2013. Safyre was found in the debris and suffered severe burns. In the months following the fatal blaze she lost her right hand and left fo...
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