Tag: Firefighter
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The death toll has risen in Spain after the great fire in Valencia as firefighters began to enter the homes. At least ten people have been confirmed dead. The operation that took place after a gas alarm at the Security Police's headquarters in Solna has now ended. Eight people have been taken to hospital. Hungary…
Civil duty – that will be your place in the civil defense
When the civil service was activated in January, it meant that Sweden must once again mobilize professional groups of special importance should the worst happen. Firefighters and electricians have proven to be a critical resource in Ukraine in maintaining the vital functions of society. Preparedness is attended by Michael Malm who works with total defense…
The Russian military risks a fuel stoppage after an attack on an oil depot
Hear about how the Russian military may be affected by the bombing of several Russian oil facilities by Ukraine, such as the important Russian export port on the Baltic Sea, Ust-Luga near Saint Petersburg. Gas tanks exploded and firefighters covered large cisterns in extinguishing foam. At the same time, there are reports that Russia is…
A big fire destroys the big Alavus bakery
Firefighters faced serious challenges in temperatures that dropped to -35 degrees.
King Charles goes to France for a three-day state visit
King Charles III will make his first official visit to France as king on Wednesday, six months later than originally planned. The visit had to be postponed due to protests in France over President Macron’s reform of the pension system. The 74-year-old British head of state’s planned three-day trip to Paris and Bordeaux with his…
Finland is sending 50 firefighters to Portugal due to the expected fires
Climate change-related forest fires are on the horizon for Finland as well, and Finnish rescue workers want to learn how to fight them, says the head of the rescue service.
Fire in the district of Breiðholt. Noone hurt
Around 3am, a fire broke out in a small shed in Stekkjarbakki in Bakka in the Breiðholt district. The fire brigade received a report that there were probably people in the building and therefore firefighters were dispatched immediately. No one was found during the search, so no one is believed to have been injured. Þorsteinn…
The Fire and Rescue Service extinguishes wildfires in various parts of Finland this weekend, the Meteorological Department extends fire warnings
On Sunday alone, firefighters tackled around 20 fires as dry conditions and strong winds increase the risk of forest and brush fires getting out of control.
The Husby riots
It is a Sunday evening in May 2013 that fires start in several places around the Stockholm suburb of Husby. Cars, a school, a healthcare facility and a garage light up. Firefighters and police with dogs arrive. Stones are thrown. Over the course of just under a week, several hundred cars have caught fire and…
Absences due to illness are increasing sharply among employees in the municipal sector
This is four days more than last year. Although the study does not give specific reasons for sickness absences, the lead researcher Jenni Ervasti The Institute of Occupational Health suggests that the observed increase is probably due to absenteeism caused by the COVID-19 virus. This assumption is supported by Kela’s sickness benefit statistics, which show…
YLE finds a possible loophole in the rules regarding waiting times for political assistants
The waiting periods were introduced at the beginning of the just-ended election season, in 2017, to try to slow the revolving door – the movement of aides and civil servants into similar or related fields in the private sector with valuable contacts and sensitive information. The duration of the period is determined based on how…
Air India flight from New York en route to Delhi was diverted to Sweden after technical fault
By Ashoke Raj New Delhi [India]February 22 (ANI): Air India Delhi flight from New York had to land in Sweden’s capital Stockholm after encountering technical glitches on Wednesday. Air India flight AI 106 had about 300 passengers. There was panic among the passengers after the cockpit crew announced that the flight was diverted to an…
A fire in a nursing home in Reykjavík
According to RÚV, the capital region fire brigade was called to a fire at Vatnagarðar 18 in Reykjavík. According to Jóhann Viggó Jónsson, the duty officer of the fire department, firefighters were able to enter the burning building and successfully evacuate five people. The fire broke out in a room in Betra líf, a transitional…
Forest fire in the Czech Republic under control: fire rescue service
PRAGUE, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) — The forest fire that has raged for 9 days in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park in the north of the Czech Republic was brought under control, the country’s Fire Rescue Service (FRS CR) said on Monday evening. “We have the outbreaks fully under control. But our work is not over,…
* New * The train disaster in Dalarna in 1980
11-year-old Johanna and her classmates are standing on the platform in Borlänge. They have saved money throughout the semester and are now going on a school trip to Furuvik in Gävle. When the train enters the station, they run before 19-year-old George, who is on his way to the restaurant school in Sandviken. The children…
10 homes were destroyed in the Vihti townhouse fire
Ten homes were completely destroyed in a fire that broke out during the night in the municipality of Vihti on Wednesday. The house was an older building where the fire walls between its ten dwellings did not extend into the upper roof structure, forming an open wind tunnel through which the fire spread. The rescue…
Nature collection: Man charged with starting wildfires in Central Jutland is head of local fire station
About 40 wildfires have broken out in nature areas near the central Jutland town of Egtved in the past two months, which has prompted an investigation by the local police. Finally, this week the East Jutland Police have arrested a 50-year-old man who has been charged with deliberately starting 11 of the wildfires. He has…
Hundreds are homeless after a huge fire destroyed a block of flats in Vanløse
On Friday afternoon, the Copenhagen Police received a report that a fire had broken out in the entrance to Grøndals Parkvej 6A, a block of flats in Vanløse. It did not take long before the entire block was engulfed. It took a while, but the firefighters eventually managed to tame the flames. Work today continues…
Finnish firefighters donate equipment to Ukrainian colleagues
In less than a week, 85 donors from across the country have taken part in a fundraiser in Ukraine organized by the Central Organization for Rescue Services (SPEK). The Ukrainian rescue service had sent a list of their needs, and the Finnish rescue services have sent what they could. Petri JaatinenThe head of the Spek…
Public services addressing staff shortages caused by the coronavirus
The acceleration of coronavirus infections has temporarily taken large numbers out of the labor force, leading to shortages in a number of key public service sectors. The City of Turku, public transport in the Turku region and waste management in southwestern Finland have all announced that they are preparing for the shortage of personnel caused…
New Year’s fires – a busy night of firefighters
Fires broke out at night in many parts of the capital and its vicinity. In connection with the reports, the entire Warsaw fire brigade was launched, and rescue teams were also called to help. According to Jón Sigtryggsson, the firefighter on the hotline, the fact that it had been very dry lately was the reason…
* NEW * The forest fire in Västmanland
During the so-called Black Monday, the size of the fire increased fivefold. Around the burnt forest it is more than 60 km in circumference. Over a thousand people are evacuated from their homes, several buildings disappear in the flames and forests for several hundred million burn up. – I screamed and roared that I was…
The fire station that burned up
In P4 Story, we tell about the fire station that burned up and about desperate firefighters who try in vain to put out the fire that is raging in their workplace. It turns out that the fire station in Hörby is not the only one in Sweden without a fire alarm. Reporter: Anna Bubenko Host:…
The firefighter talks about his experiences of racism and harassment in the emergency services sector
From Seinäjoki Terence Sam has told Yle about his experiences of racism and harassment while working as a firefighter at a regional rescue service. Sam recounted his experiences the day after Yle revealed that sexual harassment, female hatred, and even overt female hatred were common in the emergency services sector. Sam said in an interview…
Person found dead in burnt out villa on Stevns
On Saturday afternoon, the police are still working to find out who lost their lives in a violent house fire on Stevns on Saturday morning. – We do not yet know who it is, and can not say anything about the person’s age or gender, says Thomas Hartmann, who is duty officer at the Central…
Firefighters are positive after meeting with Minister on PFOS
– Our Minister of Employment was very listening in relation to the things we do in our profession, and would meet us on virtually all points, he says. The chairman says, however, that he has not been promised anything concrete about whether and when the firefighters can have a blood sample taken to see if…
Nervous firefighters go to the doctor in vain
The substance was previously used in fire foam. But when the firefighters come up to the doctor, they are told that they must pay for a blood test, writes Jyllands-Posten. In the Firefighters’ Organization, BO, chairman Keld Rasmussen tells Ritzau that the firefighters do not understand that they have to pay the 2000 kroner that…
Firefighters: Why do we have to pay for testing of toxic substances ourselves
– So we believe that it is something that society must at least be a part of. According to Keld Rasmussen, the deductible applies to all firefighters. In the spring, firefighters across the country expressed a desire to be examined at the hospital, just as 187 citizens in Korsør have been. But according to Jyllands-Posten,…
Researchers criticize lack of Danish PFOS check of firefighters
Several international researchers, with whom Jyllands-Posten has spoken, criticize the Danish authorities for not testing firefighters for the toxic substance PFOS. – There are serious health hazards with PFOS, and it is even associated with cancer. I think that is argument enough to respond. – With the firefighters, we even have a population group that…
Six grenades detonated on Amager close to Granatvej
Six grenades that may have originated from World War II have been detonated at Kalvebod Fælled on western Amager. The grenades were found on Wednesday, and were detonated at 17.45 by the Armed Forces’ ammunition clearers, the Copenhagen Police informs. – It all went smoothly, a little late, but otherwise as planned. Defense ammunition clearers…
Apartment building explosion in Sweden injures about 20 people
HELSINKI (AP) – A powerful explosion shook a Swedish apartment building early on Tuesday in Gothenburg and injured up to 20 people, extinguished several fires and forced the evacuation of hundreds. Police say they suspect the explosion may have been caused by an explosive device. The explosion took place just before five in the morning…
One killed and one injured as a result of a light flight accident in Hyvinkää
A two-seater light aircraft has crashed during a failed landing at Hyvinkää Airport, according to a report by the Central Uusimaa Rescue Department. There were two people on the plane at the time as firefighters Tommi Leppioja told Yle, confirming that the pilot was dead and the passenger was taken to hospital. "A two-seater plane…