Activity Report - Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service ...

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Emergency services were particularly keen to
drive home the don't drink and drive message
this summer as they feared that people
enjoying the Jubilee weekend and Euro 2012
may put lives at risk by getting behind the
wheel after a few drinks.
Due to the many factors affecting inebriation
they say that it is almost impossible to
personally accurately gauge how fit you are to
to the aftermath of the explosion in Shaw in
June.
Councillor David Acton, Chair of Greater
Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, said:
“The team will provide practical support by
helping victims get their home back to normal
as quickly as possible and, hopefully, put
them on the road to getting over their ordeal
that little bit sooner.
“It’s not something we have been able to do
in the past with the resources we had
available and is only possible because of our
growing team of volunteers, who are adding
new skills and a wider range to the work our
staff and firefighters do.”
The Post Incident Team is able to help clean
up inside the home of people who have
suffered a fire and remove and dispose of
damaged property.
FURNITURE FIRM GIVEN £14,000 FINE
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drive and recommend drivers steer clear of
alcohol altogether.
VOLUNTEER POST INCIDENT TEAM
LAUNCHED
A PILOT using the GMFRS volunteers to help
victims of fire and other emergencies restore
their lives to normal was launched in May.
The innovative scheme helps those who find
their lives disrupted by an emergency, give
them support to clean up their homes and
cope with the devastating aftermath.
The volunteer Post Incident Team was piloted
in Wigan, Bolton and Manchester and has
since been called on several times – including
A FURNITURE firm was fined £14,000 for
flouting fire safety laws in the biggest fine
secured in Greater Manchester under fire
safety laws at the time.
CFS Furniture was fined £14,000 for seven
offences that put workers at risk.
The fine was handed out at Oldham
Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, May 31, after
the case was adjourned twice because the
company failed to send anyone to the
previous hearings.
CFS was fined £2,000 for each offence and
ordered to pay GMFRS’s costs of £3,500.
Fire safety officers discovered a raft of
dangers at their units – an inadequate alarm
system, inadequate fire escapes, a lack of
emergency lighting, the failure to train staff in
how to act in a fire and the storage of items
that were a high fire risk.
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