CEO of Surf Life Saving GB, Esther Pearson, is in shock after the fire at the charity's Head Office at 19 Southernhay this morning. Here she talks to The Exeter Daily about the challenges that lay ahead to prevent their vital work from suffering.
"I would normally have been in the office at that time, but got in a bit later than usual because of half term. We arrived at 8.45am, by which time the fire crews were already there and dealing with the blaze. We are on two floors in the building and have suffered severe smoke damage, which means we will not be able to get back into the...
In September the population of Exeter increased with the arrival of its 17,000 university students. For Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service students involved in college and university communities have being identified as a high risk group by their Targeting and Evaluation team.
The Central East Group Support Team have made communicating with the students a priority to raise awareness and reduce the number of accidental dwelling fires in university halls of residence and shared student rented accommodation.
Since April 2009 Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have attended domestic fire incidents causing eight fatalities within the West Devon area. In fact, in the same time period there have been 694 domestic fires in Plymouth, causing not only injury to 50 people, but also immeasurable suffering and disruption to people’s family and personal life.
The biggest cause of these accidental fires is cooking related. For the period from April 2009 until March 2011, 54% of Plymouth’s domestic fires were cooking related. Of these only 8% were attributed to faulty cooking...
Police and the fire service are investigating the cause of a fatal fire in Harlow that has left four people dead and two at hospital, one critical.
The fire service was called at around 1.40am Monday, 15th October to a fire at a house in Barn Mead, Harlow. They brought the occupants out of the premises and emergency service personnel gave immediate emergency treatment.
Sadly, a woman and three young children have died.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and detectives are looking at the circumstances leading up to the fire.
As students begin their university and college terms this month, they are very likely to be preoccupied with new timetables and meeting new and old friends, rather than worrying about domestic duties such as cleaning rotas, bills or crucially, fire safety.
When living away from home, whether in shared or rented accommodation for the very first time, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of student life. Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are urging all students to take some time to think about fire safety and to take personal responsibility for protecting...
Caravans and campervans increasingly resemble a home away from home and it can be easy to forget about the potential fire risks, especially when you’re busy enjoying some time out.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service remind you that having a working smoke alarm in your caravan dwelling, is just as important as the one in your home. It needs to be tested frequently to check it works.
In a fire, caravans and campervans have limited escape options in fire and being made of lightweight and highly combustible fittings, fires can take off frightenly fast. You would...
Exeter-based PR consultant Glen King made a passionate appeal to local businesses at the Business Network (SW) November lunch to raise much-needed funds and support for the local charity Surf Life Saving GB, which was left homeless following a fire at their City centre office. Since the blaze on the 2nd November, Glen has been actively offering her PR services for free to help promote the plight of Surf Life Saving GB to gain public support. This results from extensive smoke damage to the charity’s headquarters in Southernhay after the fire which started on the ground floor of the shared-...
A 'huge' fire was reported in Leicester on Thursday, initial reports suggest that the blaze is on Birstall Street, and is affecting a knitwear factory or warehouse.
Locals have reportedly been advised to close windows as the fire service tackle the blaze. Six fire engines are at the scene.
It is currently thought that the fire started in a shisha cafe.
