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Disused 19th Century Warehouse Fire
This is a typical fire in the Liverpool docks area. Many warehouses were built in the 1830s to 1850s, but...
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Marine Fire Unit: Marine Fire One
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service deal with more than just fires. This crew of three people are always on duty for river rescue.
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Training and Development Academy: Croxteth
Can you see yourself as a Firefighter? Are you fit enough? These recruits passed the test and are training at the TDA in Croxteth.
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Sprinkler System Safety Check
This Firefighter is doing a safety check on a sprinkler system in a home. It's important that fire safety...
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Gas Tight Suits
These Gas Tight Suits allow Firefighters to enter fires in poisonous environments, like chemical...
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Incident Responce Unit
This unit at Kirkdale was bought in response to terrorist attacks, and there are about fifty in the...
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School Fire
This Kirkdale school was built in the 1960s with a timber frame. The temperature would have reached 1000...
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Special Unit
There are three major machines that Firefighters use - Fire engines (called Pumps), Arial rescue machines...
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The Watch
Most stations have a rescue pump (fire engine) and a smaller one. This fire engine costs about £160,000....
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The Mobilisation and Control Centre
This is where all the fire calls in Merseyside go. Using their computer system they can trace where calls...
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Denis SS Support Pump
This is an older type of fire engine, that is going out of service in 2008. It has a pump on the back and a 45 foot aluminium ladder.
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Back of the Incident Responce Unit
This fork lift truck is used to get the equipment out of the lorry.
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Liverpool City Centre: Pier Head
These people all work for Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service in Liverpool City Centre. The fire bike is...
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Rear of Fire Engine
Here we can see the pump on the back of a fire engine. They can control the strength of the water...
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Burnout
This is a building that completely burned out. There are about 12 fires per year in Merseyside that cannot be put out in time.
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The Training Development Academy
The quietest time for firefighters is the afternoon, so the crews go for training in the afternoon as a...
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Gallet Helmets and The Jaws of Life
These are french helmets designed for the Paris fire brigade. Most fire services in the UK use them now....
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Honda Pan-European Fire Bike
Because a fire in the city centre could spread quickly, several fire engines are automatically called if...
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