Just two days after a second man was arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer, the president of the local firefighters union said his organization is considering filing a lawsuit claiming discrimination against firefighters.
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A Dorking resident was so frustrated he couldn't water his lawn under the current hosepipe ban that he deliberately set fire to a neighbour's hedge, in the hope that the emergency services - by extinguishing it - would simultaneously water his grass.
A pensioner had to be taken to hospital after they caught their testicles in a shower seat last week.
Dorking fire crews were called out to the pensioner's house in Dorking on April 6th to help cut them free after getting their private parts trapp...
London fire fighters were sent a memo yesterday stating that every fire officer must consume two litres of water before going on duty. They will also be required to drink a further three litres of water when on duty at their stations. The memo said t...
Camden, New Jersey has had to lay off about half of it's police force due to budget cuts while citizens fear to go out.
Also, a good part of the fire fighters were also laid off.
"After that vote yesterday where the judge said that he would not...
An intensive investigation of what's hot and what's not, has revealed that over 2,700 of London's 5,900 firefighters are moonlighting as Spoofers, and collecting a housing allowance while NOT living in London!
To encourage the public service emplo...
Congress has passed a bill which will standardize the siren tones used by emergency services across the county for the first time. Rather than use the common Whoop and Wail style siren, a two-tone siren similar to the old sirens used in the UK and p...
Believe it or not, a fire station in Syke, Germany, was destroyed last week after it burned to the ground. It took six fire engines with it along with equipment, cost over # million dollars by early estimates, according to the Austrian Times.
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The Greater Manchester Fire Service has announced that it has to find savings of thirty percent over the coming financial year. Unions are adamant that no fire service personnel will be lost, with the service already running at the safe minimum numbe...
The sleepy town of Blackwood in Wales was in shock today as one of it's fire fighting heroes, Simon Bevman, was strangled to death in the high street by a 15ft python. Initial reports indicate that Mr Bevman had just left the chemist after buying a l...
Very sensible risk assessors in Bournemouth - known as 'Wrinkly City' - have decided that fire extinguishers are to be banned from high rise flats in the city.
A disabled trainee fireman, who has been training at a fire station for the past 6 years, is suing the Health and Safety Executive because they are banning him from qualifying as a fireman.
Big boned comedian Kathy Nijimy, who played a jolly nun in the Sister Act movies is fighting for her life after getting trapped in a chimney.
The Cutty Sark which is still on fire, could pose a threat to the world's climate through increased Global Warming, it has been claimed. The ship, which was undergoing a £25million refit with a view to being put...
Tracey Chambers, 6, single-handedly fought off three firemen who were attempting to free her arm from a pipe earlier this morning.
A hoax 999 caller was foiled yesterday as he tried to call out Fire, Police and Ambulance crews to a disused warehouse in Newport, Gwent.