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• M5 MOTORWAY RTC

  04-01-2017 15:40
  This was an RTC that happened on the Southbound carriageway which then led to a second RTC directly opposite on the Northbound carriageway.Due to there now being 2 separate RTCs on both carriageways, appliances from Wellington, Tiverton, Cullompton, Middlemore, Danes Castle, Topsham and Honiton were mobilized.Upon arrival on the Southbound carriageway it was found that a car had left the motorway and was in a field. The driver of the vehicle had exited the car and was dealt with by paramedics. F
  
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• Flooding within church prior to wedding.

  04-01-2017 15:13
  Fire Control received a call from the church warden for above church stating that they were experiencing minor flooding within the church and this was causing concern as a wedding was due to take place within the hour.One crew from Plymstock was mobilized to see if they could assist and are currently on scene mopping up flood water with specialist equipment and trying to make the church water free so as the planned wedding can take place.*****************update**************Plymstock fire crew w
  
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• RTC car into building.

  04-01-2017 15:04
  Call received from ambulance requesting our attendance having received a report stating a motor vehicle had driven into a property at above location.Given the nature of incident, appliances from Brixham, Paignton, Torquay and a Heavy rescue tender from Middlemore were mobilised to this incident plus an officer.Upon arrival this was found to be a car driven by an elderly lady that had somehow gone over a garden wall and was actually resting up against the house.Crews assisted the elderly lady who
  
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• Service set to recruit firefighters

  04-01-2017 15:03
  County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) will begin a recruitment drive to select a new intake of wholetime firefighters on Tuesday 10 January.
  Successful applicants will be deployed to watches at fire stations across County Durham and the borough of Darlington. CDDFRS covers an area of 2,500 square kilometres, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.
  There are several stages to the recruitment process. The first stage is a series of online assessments; initial submissions must be c
  
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• RTC involving car and motorcycle.

  04-01-2017 14:43
  2 appliances from Burnham on Sea and the Rescue Tender from Taunton were mobilized to reports of an RTC involving a car and a motorcycle at above location.Crews are currently in attendance assisting on scene paramedics by administering first aid to the 3 casualties involved in this accident.No further information available at this time, this report will be updated when any further information becomes available.******************update***********************All casualties free and clear of vehicl
  
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• Child locked inside car

  04-01-2017 14:29
  The Fire Service received a call reporting a child accidentally locked inside a car at the above location.  One fire appliance from Camels Head attended.Fire crews released one twenty-one month old boy, uninjured, from the car using small tools and returned to child to his mother.
  
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• School Building Fire

  04-01-2017 10:03
  The Fire Service received a call reporting smoke issuing from a school classroom at the above location.  Two fire appliances from Frome, one fire appliance from Radstock, Avon and one fire appliance from Paulton, Avon were mobilised.Upon arrival, fire crews confirmed a building being used as a classroom measuring twenty metres by ten metres with slight smoke logging.  Using a thermal image camera, fire crews located a fire involving an electric heater which had cause slight h
  
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• Kilburn - fire in house under refurbishment

  04-01-2017 01:00
  Thirty five firefighters called to the scene
  
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• Greenwich – communal attic fire

  04-01-2017 01:00
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• Electric heater warning as temperatures set to plummet in London

  04-01-2017 01:00
  New figures released today show that fires caused by electrical heaters have resulted in a total of seven deaths and 162 injuries in the last five years.
  
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• Ealing - pub fire

  04-01-2017 01:00
  Smoke alarms and neighbour alert residents
  
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