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📺 - Watch the amazing footage of London Fire Brigade Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team at United Kingdom Rescue Organisation - ‘Festival of Rescue’ on the Newcastle quayside. The challenge was for the team to breakthrough the rubble and wood to rescue a trapped casualty. Visit Spillers Wharf tomorrow (Sat 18) to witness more of the same. Also on the Newcastle and Gateshead quaysides you will be able to see the USAR, Trauma, Vehicle Extrication, Water and Rope Challenges between 8am and 5pm. #

The London Fire Brigade has released footage of its crews working in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake. The brigade sent a team of five, along with other specially trained urban search and rescue firefighters from all over the UK. They used acoustic and seismic listening equipment to search for survivors of the earthquake, which claimed the lives of 8,000 people. The team has now arrived back home. Footage courtesy of London Fire Brigade | BBC London

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4.4K views · 122 reactions | Check out this behind the scenes look at London's firefighters and how they're learning lessons from the past to tackle major incidents in the future. More here: bbc.in/3lLJELD | BBC London | Facebook

Today our Commissioner, Andy Roe announced an external review into workplace culture at the Brigade. This review comes following the death of firefighter Jaden Francois-Esprit, who was only 21 when he took his own life last August. We believe that an independently-led, external review is the most robust way to build a better Brigade. The review will deliver a set of clear actions for the Brigade to ensure that firefighters are better supported, from trainee level and throughout their career, and

Did you know our control officers can now see as well as hear what you’re seeing?! We can now live stream vital incident footage from your phone’s camera. We’ve introduced this new technology – 999Eye to give us as much information about an incident as quickly as possible and give us a better of picture of what’s happening so we can be ready when we arrive. We told ITV London all about it. Watch the vid. We’re committed to making changes in response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 1 report