Report A Fire On Twitter?
Fire brigade press release raises possibility of reporting emergencies with social media.
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Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast For London, 13 February 2012
Flying round the capital in the London’s Air Ambulance (re-edited episode).
In Pictures: London Air Ambulance Gets New Helipad
17 storeys above Whitechapel Road.
Win A Helicopter Ride With London’s Air Ambulance Charity Fun-Run
Get your fancy dress costume right, and you could be flying over London.
London’s Burning – Fires Mapped
How many fires have there been in your borough?
Ambulance Radios “Don’t Work In Rain”
Photo / Roll The Dice To judge by the precipitation outside, it’s probably not the best day to discover that the radio system used in London’s ambulances tends not to work very well in the rain, at least according to the Health & Safety Executive. …
Interview: A Pilot Of The London Air Ambulance
View of the London Air Ambulance from inside the helipad offices. After taking a tour of the helipad at Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, we persuaded Captain Neil Jeffers to describe the job of piloting London’s only air ambulance. You can catch a documentary about …
In Pictures: On The Helipad Of The London Air Ambulance
The London Air Ambulance perches high above Whitechapel Road, gazing out on the City like a crimson hawk. We’re up on the helipad of the Royal London Hospital. To the West, the Heron Tower is beginning to make its presence felt on the City skyline …
Airwave Down Below
A mere 21 years plus since a report on the Kings Cross fire first recommended implementing effective emergency radio Underground, it has finally arrived. Now British Transport Police can talk to each other and the Met wherever they may be in the Underground network. The …
Should Auld Resentment Be Forgot
The answer appears to be “no”, at least judging by the number of skirmishes and injuries that the emergency services had to deal with during London’s New Year’s Eve fun. Between midnight and 4am on the 1st January, 1,761 calls were taken by the ambulance …
Harrow Blast “Being Treated As Murder”
The cause of the explosion that ripped apart a Victorian terrace in Stanley Road, south Harrow, on Wednesday continues to baffle the authorities. The body of a man who died has been removed, and with no trace of a gas leak thus far discovered, police …
