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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

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

On the 10th anniversary of the London riots, Group Commander Jamie Jenkins tells us what it felt like to be part of this major incident and key moment in London's recent history. After any major incident London Fire Brigade takes time to reflect on how we can learn and improve. That's why the London riots led to the further development of our training, facilities, and our policies and procedures, which - as Jamie says - helps us serve Londoners. | London Fire Brigade

This week we're welcoming the first of three new aerial appliances to our fleet - our 64m turntable ladders from @magirusgroup and @e1Group Let us know if you've spotted one already. The first of these new arrivals will be based at Dagenham, with the next two going to Old Kent Road and Wimbledon in the New Year. They’ll be operated by firefighters who have completed specialist training. They're the tallest appliances in Europe, and twice the height of our previous tallest appliance. So they can