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    The fire services in the United Kingdom operate under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and...
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    The fire services in the United Kingdom use motorcycles (fire bikes) in various roles. A number of fire and rescue services around the UK use fire motorcycles...
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  • The powers of the fire service in the United Kingdom are extensive, but vary between jurisdictions. These powers generally only apply to members of public...
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    The history of fire brigades in the United Kingdom charts the development of fire services in the United Kingdom from the creation of the United Kingdom...
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    Fire services in the United Kingdom use a variety of fire appliances, which perform a wide range of general and specialised roles and fit into several...
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  • The provision of rescue and firefighting services (RFFS) at all airports and aerodromes in the United Kingdom is a requirement under British law and under...
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    firewomen). The fire service, also known in some countries as the fire brigade or fire department, is one of the three main emergency services. From urban...
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    medical services in the United Kingdom provide emergency care to people with acute illness or injury and are predominantly provided free at the point of...
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  • The history of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom formally covers the period from the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
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  • The King's Fire Service Medal, introduced in 1954, is awarded to members of the fire services in the United Kingdom for distinguished service or gallantry...
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    or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services. Fire departments...
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    Aviation Aerodrome Fire Service Fire services in the United Kingdom Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Fire Service. Bangor Fire Brigade: A Brief...
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    The Fire Services Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised fire services in the United Kingdom...
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  • the United Kingdom. There are currently 50 chief fire officers serving in the United Kingdom in charge of the local authority fire services. There is also...
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    the fire and the department. In the fire services in the United Kingdom, the scale of a fire is measured by the number of "pumps" (ordinary fire engines)...
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  • made up of the chief fire officers of the fire services in the United Kingdom. It replaced the Fire and Rescue Service Council. The National Fire Chiefs Council...
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    Tower's. The Dalmarnock fire tests – A televised highrise fire-test, conducted in Scotland 2006 Fire escape Fire services in the United Kingdom History...
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    anti-immigration protests and riots occurred in the United Kingdom. The riots, which were the largest incident of social unrest in England since 2011, included racist...
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  • recycling plant on fire, sparked by a Chinese lantern. Fire service in the United Kingdom List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty West...
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  • This is a list of the counties of the United Kingdom. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, Northern Ireland...
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    Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of the United Kingdom: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern...
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  • formed by the merger of eight regional fire services in the country on 1 April 2013. It thus became the largest fire brigade in the United Kingdom, surpassing...
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    A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction...
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  • Events from the year 2024 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Monarch...
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    died in hospital. More than 70 others were injured and 223 people escaped. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper...
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    The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024 to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house...
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  • services in the United Kingdom List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty Surrey Police South East Coast Ambulance Service SURSAR "Our fire stations"...
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    The Hong Kong Fire Services Department is an emergency service responsible for firefighting and rescue on land and sea. It also provides an emergency ambulance...
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    rescue services throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. It was first designated The Fire Brigade Long Service and Good...
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    A compulsory fire service is a mandatory service for the local fire departments in Switzerland in general and in Austria and Germany in exceptional cases...
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