Tag: Fire Brigade

Fireman jam: off-duty rescue worker lodges truck under bridge

A FIREFIGHTER working part time for a removals firm called Precision managed to get his truck stuck under a bridge after confusing feet and...

Makers of “useless” fire engines can’t be sued

"Useless" fire engines, which cost almost £1m, will have to be driven at a snail's pace to emergencies because the makers can’t be sued. Lothian...

Driver cut from car after crash on busy road

A DRIVER had to be cut free from his car after crashing into an embankment on the busy Edinburgh bypass earlier today. The 47-year-old was...

Man asleep while pan of food catches fire in flat

A DOZY diner had a lucky escape when he was saved by his neighbour’s fire alarm in the flat upstairs after he fell asleep...

Trapped foster family rescued from blaze as thugs torch home

A TERRIFIED foster family had to be rescued by fire-fighters after their home was torched by thugs leaving them trapped inside. Linda and William Mackenzie...

Call for radical merger of Scotland's fire services

By Oliver Farrimond SCOTLAND’S newest fire chief claims a merger of the country’s fire and rescue services is “inevitable”. Jimmy Campbell, who took up his post...

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