Tuesday, 16 December 2008

Redbridge Fire brigade

About the fire fighters

The London fire brigade is the largest fire and rescue service in the UK and are the 3rd largest fire fighting organisation in the world. They work 24 hours a day to respond to emergencies and keep Redbridge safe. There are about 182 fire stations in England.

Help and safety

Fire fighters are offering Redbridge houses free safety visits, they also fit in free smoke alarms. If you have difficulties hearing, seeing or moving about you need to take extra care of the things you do.(fire fighters come and help.)

Advice for Children

Fire fighters inform people at young ages by going to schools (provides free fire safety and education) by talking about the dangers of fire and how they can protect themselves. Fire fighters visit approximately 100,000 key stage 1 and key stage 2 children each year at Redbridge schools.

Accidents the fire fighters respond to

Road traffic collisions
Cylinder incidents
House fires
Stuck in lifts
Grass fires (children playing with matches)
Letter boxes
Stuck in house/factory
Plane crash in fields M25 (J27)
Chemical incidents
Train incidents (people jump in front of the train)

By Shakira and Andria 6U

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