Although no one was made redundant involuntarily, in 2006 the fire-brigade union called a strike.
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William Neish McMartin sub-officer, Central Scotland Fire Brigade (Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk) - For services to the Fire Service and to the International Rescue Corps.
By mid-afternoon, police forensics teams and the fire brigade had secured much of the Clapham Junction area and the clean-up began.
Right now, the GOP is racing headlong into a three-alarm fire with a bucket brigade.
In July LFB warned that up to 500, 000 fridge freezers could pose a fire risk after the brigade found that a fire at a tower block in Bermondsey, south-east London, was caused by a faulty Beko fridge.
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In July, the LFB warned that up to 500, 000 fridge freezers could pose a fire risk after the brigade found that a fire at a tower block in Bermondsey, south-east London, had been caused by a faulty Beko fridge.
London Fire Brigade fire scene investigator Andrew Vaughan-Davies told the inquest an investigation found the chest freezer was a Whirlpool model.
Alastair James Stewart (Aberdeen) - For services to the Grampian Fire Brigade.
James Andrew Owens firefighter, Strathclyde Fire Brigade (Greenock, Renfrewshire) - For charitable services in Port Glasgow.
So you assume, well that's ok, the police are here, the fire brigade are here and the ambulances are here - so that's ok, we are now safe - the event is over.
John Norman MacDonald retained station officer, Highland and Islands Fire Brigade (Stornoway, Isle of Lewis) - For services to the Fire Service and to the community.
He said London Fire Brigade had found defective fridges, freezers and fridge-freezers had caused 191 fires in the past two years, and that defective Whirlpool appliances in particular were found to have caused about 22 fires in the last 12 years.
He says he understands critics who say that such rescues should not be the responsibility of the fire brigade, but argues that the NHS should be more pro-active in helping obese people.
Even if the fire brigade had lagoons of water at its disposal, it was understaffed and ill-equipped to deal with such a blaze.
One was a 1.8-metric ton British air bomb that could have wiped out the city center, according to the local fire brigade.
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