London’s emergency services have spent over £11 million responding to wildfires and flooding alone since 2018, new figures have revealed.
Tag - Fire and rescue services
E-bikes have hit the headlines once again after a fire believed to have been caused by one at a block of flats in east London left eleven people in hospital.
Concerns have been raised at City Hall over the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) attempts to improve its culture, after a 2022 review found that the organisation...
The Town Hall has honoured the community “heroes” at the mayor’s annual awards ceremony, for their help in making Islington a “more equal place”.
Regulations to improve fire safety in high-rise buildings since the Grenfell Tower tragedy have still not gone far enough, the capital’s fire chief has warned.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) “should have done better” for a young firefighter who took his own life, the organisation’s commissioner has said.
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