Firefighters in England said they are giving trial runs to two motorcycles fitted with water and foam hoses for fires that do not require a whole engine. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said the BMW …

: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue are still in attendance at a large tyre fire on White Lea Grove, Mexborough. Crews were initially called to the incident at around 1.30am and found around 120,000 tyres burning. …

: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

A yob who hurled a bottle at firefighters as they tackled a blaze was jailed for six months yesterday. Derek Pike, 36, threw the bottle from the 12th floor of a tower block at crews who had arrived to tackle a …

: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST

Firefighters are tackling a blaze in a derelict building measuring 15m by 30m. The officer in charge reports that the building is 25 percent alight and completely smoke logged. Operations are being hampered by …

: Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 EST

Firefighters have been called to a fire in a workshop a 100 percent alight, three vehicles and a take-away van are on fire. Crews wearing breathing apparatus have extinguished the fire and are turning over and …

: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

A former British firefighter told a tribunal she had sex with her superior in an unsuccessful bid to halt harassment against her. Kate Ellis, 40, a former firefighter with England's Hampshire Fire and Rescue …

: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

A firefighter who was showered with glass when a brick was thrown at the windscreen of his fire engine as he attended a blaze was back on duty less than 24 hours later. Downpatrick-based fireman Peter O'Hare was …

: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Union chiefs said yesterday they will carry out their own investigation into the deaths of two fire fighters killed in a tower block blaze. James Shears, 35, and Alan Bannon,38,died when a ceiling and staircase …

: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is now in a position to name the two firefighters who died in Southampton. Firefighter James Shears, aged 35 and Firefighter Alan Bannon, aged 38 tragically lost their lives …

: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Two firefighters died and two others were injured in a fire on the ninth floor of a 15-story apartment building in Southampton, England, authorities said. James Shears, 35, and Alan Bannon, 38, died Tuesday night …

: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST

Firefighters battled a fire in a thatched roof of a detached cottage measuring 20 metres by eight metres on March 3rd. The officer in charge has reported that 75 percent of the roof is well alight. Crews have …

: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

A firefighter whose siren started a cattle stampede which killed an elderly farmer has been arrested. The 49-year-old man was held on suspicion of the manslaughter of Harold Lee, 75, police said yesterday. Harold …

: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

Customers fled from a branch of KFC after a squirrel started a fire that gutted the restaurant. A family of squirrels had been living in the roof space of the building and staff believe one of the rodents sparked …

: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

A firemen was seriously injured yesterday when he was run over by a fire engine after the handbrake failed. The firefighter, 34, was at the scene of a car crash when the unmanned 15-ton tender rolled into him. He …

: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST

Firefighters have been called to a disused industrial unit on fire. The single storey unit measures approximately 20 x 25m, crews are wearing breathing apparatus and using two hose reels to extinguish the fire. …

: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST

British firefighters called to a hospital said they spent 30 minutes using a metal grinder to free a mans penis from a steel pipe. The Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service crew said they were called to Englands …

: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST

Fire in a five-star London hotel Friday morning caused the 10-story building to be evacuated as more than 30 firefighters battled the flames, authorities said. The blaze at Mayfair's Athenaeum hotel in central …

: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

A well known Co Antrim landmark remained sealed off last night following a massive blaze that tore through the building, almost razing it to the ground. A fire ripped through the Metropole Hotel in Portrush, an …

: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST

Racing pigeons stuck up chimneys, calves trapped in a storm drain and even a reindeer that got in a real tangle it is all in a day's work for Northern Ireland's firefighters. It is not just cats in trees …

: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

A fire has torn through several apartment blocks in southeast London. Police say that 310 people have been evacuated but that there are no serious injuries. Officials say that more than 125 firefighters spent …

: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST