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In AttendanceSPRING 2018 THE MAGAZINE OF THE BRITISH FIREFIGHTER Featuring ‘On The Bell’: The Journal of the Emergency Services SUBSCRIPTIONS SUBSCRIBE TO IN ATTENDANCEFILLERSUBSCRIBE TO ON THE BELL WWW.INATTENDANCE.CO.UK WWW.ONTHEBELL.CO.UK 01484 534323 01484 534323 In AttendanceSPRING 2018 Editor’s Comment THE MAGAZINE OF THE BRITISH FIREFIGHTER Institution of Fire Engineers celebrates its centenary Consulting Editor Neil Wallington ......................................................................... 5 Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service The Greater Manchester high rise taskforce ......................................................6-7 Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service Huge fire in Liverpool Echo Arena car park destroys over 1,300 cars ................... 8–9 UCLan Protect Featuring ‘On The Bell’: The Journal of the Emergency Services UCLan holistic approach to providing emergency and crisis management .........10-11 Front cover: This dramatic image from Tall Buildings Fire Safety Conference 2018 New Years Eve 2017 shows Three days of presentations by line up of international speakers ............................ 11 cars burning ferociously on different levels of the Liverpool Echo Car Park. The photo Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service illustrates what a challenging and dangerous major incident Service uses innovative method to install sprinklers ............................................... 13 Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service crews faced for some Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service hours. Over 1,300 cars were destroyed. Oxygen masks for animals campaign ..................................................................... 14 See Page 8 for a full report. UKRO 2018 UKRO Challenge Cardiff 2018 .............................................................................. 15 Consulting Editor • Neil Wallington Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Publisher Tribute to trailblazer Heather Smart ....................................................................... 16 • Jeremy Mills Holmatro Design & Layout Holmatro presents new range of cordless rescue tools ........................................... 17 • Ryan Wilson • Brian Leatherbarrow Cleveland Fire Brigade Publishing Project Manager New fire station officially opened at Grangetown ............................................18 • Jo Dyrlaga Water rescue unit launched ............................................................................18 Administration • Emma Dunn Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service Misting system prevents fire in home ..............................................................19 All editorial, advertising and circulation enquiries to: The Fire Fighters Charity D&M Heritage Limited Firefighter’s marathon effort for Grenfell survivors ..........................................21 Unit 7, Park Valley Mills, Meltham Road, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service Huddersfield HD4 7BH. Urban search and rescue team host inaugural NFCC drone conference ............23 Telephone: 01484 534323 Email: [email protected] All Our Yesterdays The development of pumping and aerial appliances .................................. 24-25 The Publishers of ‘In Attendance’© wish to thank all advertisers for supporting the magazine to The Institution of Fire Engineers enable its production for the Fire Brigades and Services in Great Britain. IFE launches new firefighter safety database ...................................................26 However, it must be understood that the space is purchased from the Publishers and not the Fire Brigades concerned. PHOTOGRAPHS Whilst every care is taken to ensure high standards of photographic reproduction in ‘In Attendance’, we regret that we cannot guarantee the reproductive quality of images from non-professional sources. Spring 2018 8 15 EDITOR’S COMMENT The Institution of Fire Engineers celebrates its centenary 2018 marks a very significant anniversary In the aftermath of what was one of the is now having in international fire safety and fire largest fires tackled by Merseyside FRS, to plunder City service history in that it is 100 years since CFO Dan Stephens said: “The fire could Hall reserves the founding of the Institution of Fire have been stopped before it spread if the to pay for the Engineers (IFE). building had sprinklers. They would have equipment enabled firefighters to get water onto requested by LFB Commissioner, Dany The 1914 -18 First World War was the fire before the heat release rapidly Cotton. drawing to a close when the suggestion increased with running fuel fires and to form a professional association of fire frequent explosions.” Mr Khan said: “When you’re in a engineers was first brought forward. situation where firefighters are risking On 31st October 1918, ten Chief Fire their personal safety and lives to keep Officers attended a meeting held at the London safe, it’s unacceptable for them Fire Brigade Headquarters in Leicester not to have the equipment that they for the purpose of setting up such an tell me they need. That is why I have organisation. authorised the expenditure of this money to procure the equipment. We CFO Neal of Leicester Fire Brigade are spending our reserves. You can only proposed a motion to form an Institute spend the reserves once. Unless the of Fire Engineers that was unanimously Government recognises the resources the carried and the meeting went on to London Fire Brigade needs, I worry about formulate some basic concepts of the the future funding of the service.” structure of the IFE and how it might As 2018 unfolds, it is clear that two operate. A year later the membership primary topical issues of recent times are stood at forty, including an international still top of the fire safety agenda – the dimension with CFOs of Shanghai, Port undoubted value of sprinkler systems, Elizabeth and Rangoon, forerunners of and the direct front-line effect on the the many overseas IFE Branches that exist Fire and Rescue Service of government today. funding reductions. There is much going on in 2018 to On Page 7 of this issue is the report on celebrate the IFE’s global professional the Liverpool multi storey car park fire. In contribution to fire safety, fire the aftermath of this major incident, the engineering disciplines and technical Liverpool Mayor criticised government education. Events include a centenary cuts for affecting fire service operations. torch relay around the globe that will conclude back in the UK at Edinburgh Fortunately there were no serious during the IFE’s International Conference injuries, but Mayor Joe Anderson pointed and other celebrations. out that two years ago more fire engines would have been able to attend the In Attendance magazine extends its ‘containable’ fire. very best wishes to the institution on its centenary and has no doubt that This followed London Mayor Sadiq the IFE’s professional involvement and Khan’s claims made last year that contribution to fire engineering will Londoners have been “let down” after continue to grow as it has done during the Government rejected his request the past century. for new firefighting equipment. Home Secretary Amber Rudd turned down the This edition of In Attendance carries Labour Mayor’s £6 million bid for aerial He said Ms Rudd had “utterly failed” a report of a major fire tackled by a ladders, drones and 1,200 breathing to acknowledge hundreds of millions hundred plus Merseyside firefighters apparatus sets for firefighters following of pounds of Government cuts to the on New Years Eve in the Liverpool Echo the tragic Grenfell Tower blaze. London authority as well as direct cuts city centre seven story car park. The fire to the fire grant.“Londoners will feel let originated in a single parked vehicle on The London Mayor also asked for a down by the Government’s intransigence the third floor and quickly spread across further £6 million every year from the on this vital issue,” he said. that floor and up and down to engulf Government to run the fire service and most of the structure destroying over pay for staff - but was told the budget Neil Wallington 1,300 cars; none were left undamaged. was his responsibility. Mr Khan said he Consulting Editor www.inattendance.co.uk IN ATTENDANCE Spring 2018 | 5 GREATER MANCHESTER FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE High rise task force provides fire safety reassurance for residents The tragic events that unfolded in the early hours of June 14th shocked the nation and our thoughts are still very much with the families of victims and those affected. We are now more than nine months on from the Grenfell Tower fire and it’s clear that this tragedy has marked a defining moment in relation to fire safety in high rise buildings across the country. Manchester took swift action to reassure Hackitt Review included a call for the local residents and take steps to ensure use of flammable materials in cladding Dame Judith Hackitt’s interim report into their homes are safe. systems to be banned, an overhaul of the review of building regulations and fire the planning system to make fire services safety identified conflicts and confusion “The response to our approach from statutory consultees, and a review into the around fire safety legislation and building building landlords and owners has been competency of people who are considered regulations. The safety and reassurance of extremely positive. The commitment and ‘responsible persons’ under fire safety the thousands of high rise residents has support from the relevant agencies and legislation. also been central to