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Hampshire Fire and Rescue control operators based at Eastleigh provided vital survival advice to an elderly lady, 83 with limited mobility when a fire broke out in her kitchen. On Sunday (7 April) the Fareham fire crew came to the rescue of the 83 year-old resident who was trapped in her house. During the call control...
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Firefighters in Eastleigh are preparing to roll up their sleeves this Saturday (March 16) to take part in the National Car Wash this March, raising vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity. Firmly established on the fire and rescue service calendar, the National Car Wash is the charity’s largest national fundraising event...
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Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service needs more people in the Test Valley area to join its successful team of volunteers. The requirement is not for firefighters, but for people who would like to support their local area. The existing network of volunteers have already made a real difference to their local communities, with...
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A police investigation has been launched after firemen found a body in a burning van this morning.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were attending the 5 am blaze Donnington Drive, Valley Park.
The death is being treated as unexplained -but not suspicious. The victim has not yet been formally identified.
The Police are carrying out a...
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A 25-year-old man has tonight received burns to his hand, and had parts of his eyebrows and eyelids singed off after trying to extinguish a chip pan fire in his home in Chandlers Ford. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service are now warning the public over dangers of extinguishing chip pan fires with water and...
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Four people are suffering from nausea at Nursling Ind estate in Southampton after an unknown smell, believed to be gas, was detected and 46 people were evacuated. At 07:28hrs today (11 October), fire crew were alerted to the incident and arrived to find casualties conscious and breathing, but suffering from nausea from the inhalation...
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A Fire and Rescue crew form Eastleigh took part in a difficult animal rescue after a horse jumped over the partition of its horse box as its owner drove along the B335 at Twyford yesterday afternoon. (August 9). Hampshire Fire and rescue were alerted to the trapped horse at around 5pm after its owner...
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A scout group has been recovered from marshland in Itchen Valley Country Park near Southampton this afternoon. At about 4.30 this afternoon a multi-agency operation helped rescue 16 scouts and three leaders as they became stuck in marshland at Itchen Valley Country Park, Southampton. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, South Central Ambulance, Solent Coastguard...
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Firefighters in Hampshire will be sporting a new and improved gold-colour fire kit from today, replacing the previous dark-colour kit. The new personal protection equipment will also include helmets, gloves and boots which form part of the new kit. The new kit delivers a high technical specification and a more ergonomic design therefore increasing...
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Fumes which led to a Boyatt Wood dental surgery being evacuated and a shopping centre car park being cordoned off last week most likely came from drains – possibly from another premises – a spokesperson for the practice has said. Three members of staff were effected by the smell and Hampshire Fire and Rescue mobilised five...
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Firefighters from Eastleigh have rescued a horse which had slipped and fallen over a dead tree in a field on Brambridge Park on Friday. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service Control operators mobilised one fire appliance and the multi-role vehicle from Eastleigh Fire Station and the animal rescue vehicle team from Lyndhurst, together with...
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Fire crews were called to the United Parcels services site in Dutton Lane this morning after six members of staff suffered chemical burns. Five men and one woman needed medical treatment after they discovered a chemical substance in the back of a truck at the parcel depot. The Crews were called just after 7...
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Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is reminding smokers on National No Smoking Day that careless handling and disposal of cigarettes is the single biggest killer in house fires across the country. With a steady decline in the number of smokers, the overall number of fires triggered by cigarettes is small, but with over 90...
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Four fire and rescue services in the South have welcomed the award of a £7.2m grant from the Government. Devon and Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Services have formed the Networked Fire Control Services Partnership to develop the future provision of their Fire Control services. The Government grant will enable the...
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Chris Huhne MP showed his support for Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service’s commitment to the environment at a recent visit to the Service’s Headquarters in Eastleigh on 13 January 2012. At a meeting with Chief Officer John Bonney, Chris Huhne MP was presented with the Service’s polices and plans that outline its commitment to...
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