Fire Brigade news


This was no place for a camp fire

PEOPLE should never light a fire in areas where there is undergrowth, the Fire and Rescue Service has said.


Royal blaze is retiring fire chief’s most memorable

HELPING to put out a fire at the former Royal Hotel in the early 1990s is one memory that will always stick in the mind of retiring chief fire officer Nigel Acton.


Woman, 70, dies after Perelle house fire

A 70-YEAR-OLD woman died in the early hours of yesterday following a fire at her St Saviour’s home the previous day.


Crew commander cooks for fire family

FIREFIGHTERS on duty spent Christmas Day with their honorary second family.


Cat is victim of house fire

A PET cat died in a house fire in the Castel yesterday.


Fire crews ‘put at risk’ by cash cuts

BUDGET cuts could be compromising the safety of the island’s firefighters.


Alarm saves Castel residents from garage blaze – but not son’s car

A FIRE alarm fitted just two weeks before a fire broke out, helped protect two Castel residents yesterday.


London’s Burning, Guernsey’s baring

FIREFIGHTERS stripped off their uniforms in the name of charity.


Services stage rescue at Albecq

POLICE, fire and ambulance services teamed up and staged a rescue at Albecq yesterday.


Castel Farm Eggs blaze damage tops £100,000

A BUSINESS suffered a long-term setback when a fire destroyed its packing shed.

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