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19th September 2011
In this edition of The Burning Issue we have a special report on vehicle extrication featuring articles written by Len Watson of resQmed, Mick Rogers of South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service and Mark Burnham of Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service. Each article focuses on a different aspect of vehicle extrication, from the history and how the responsibility originally fell to the Fire Service, to the training of rescue personnel and the importance of the UK Rescue Challenge, to the new strides being taken in extrication technology in the form of Derbyshire’s real life ‘Transformer’.
Elsewhere in this edition of The Burning Issue we turn our attention to Chester as they celebrate the centenary of their former fire station; Dave Prior tells us all about his experience as a Raleigh Team Leader on expedition in India and the International Firex Show that took place in May is reviewed.
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.
Date: 7th February 2012


