Inside the June edition of The Burning Issue you can read an exclusive diary written by a member of the International Search and Rescue Team that was deployed to Japan in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami.

Also, the Blue Light Show returns after much success last year, find out how greener fire stations aregoing to save £1m over the next few years and see what happened when Cheshire Fire and Rescue officers took part in chemical leak training.

The first issue of the New Year looks at how to clear up confusion over fire risk assessments as well as the need for a better understanding of fire protection for fire fighters. Our guest column this edition reports on a Norwegian exchange visit hosted by Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service.

It’s been an action packed few months for some of the UK’s fire and rescue services. Outside of their normal day-to-day duties teams from Hampshire, Merseyside, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Tyne and Wear and Hereford and Worcester took part in the largest fire and rescue exercises ever seen in the UK. 

Along with our regular sections, we also have an exclusive guest column for Avon’s Chief Fire Officer who explains how the service has turned things around following criticism from the Audit Commission for its absentee levels back in 2005.

In this issue we'll be looking at what is and isn’t acceptable behaviour for firefighters outside of working hours, and in our headline feature taking a look at RAF firefighters' work in Afghanistan.