On Wednesday 1st April at 5:45pm the Andover Rapid relief Team were called by Hampshire fire and rescue. Eighty firefighters were battling a blaze at a thatched cottage in Longparish – some had been working for nearly five hours in intense conditions without a bite to eat – would the RRT please attend? Of course! […]
Spring officially began on the 20th March this year – it’s now time to get outside, sweep up the dead leaves, maybe even cut the grass and start doing work in the garden again. At least, that was what one resident of Horndean thought earlier this week. On the 1st April (and no this wasn’t […]
The emergency planning unit for the North East approached the Rapid Relief Team during 2014 asking for help and services on a pre-planned Emergency Evacuation Exercise, this was following the extensive work and labour carried out by RRT during and after the floods in 2013 which spread across many parts of England forcing hundreds of […]
“We were expecting a nice lunch, but then got a free lunch, which greatly helps the funds”, said Dorothy Lazenby, organiser of 4SIGHT’s social club at Clayton Parish Hall. 4SIGHT is a registered charity (no.1075447) with a mission which includes the provision of high quality educational, social and leisure services to blind and partially sighted […]
Two members of Walpole’s staff were at the North Pickenham depot of Walpole Transport, and were coming off their morning coffee break when the fire was spotted. The warehouse manager attempted to put the fire out, but the blaze was too big to manage. The fire brigade were called, and first to respond were the crew […]
2nd April 2015: The PBCC’s Rapid Relief Team (RRT) responded yesterday to work with the emergency services and those affected by the underground blaze which saw flames and smoke erupt from beneath a major road in Holborn, central London. An electrical fire led to the evacuation of almost 5,000 people from the surrounding areas. Arriving […]
At 3:10AM on Thursday 15th January 2015 an arsonist created the largest incident that the Oxfordshire fire crews had seen for many years. Revenging a decade long planning battle with the local council, the arsonist torched his house, set fire to a neighbouring thatched cottage (whose occupant had complained about the planning application) and then […]
A group of 15 PBCC members have chosen to raise funds for Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice in Surrey. Our group chooses different charities and we tend to run a similar challenge every year. BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS PRECIOUS Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice is the only adult Hospice caring for terminally ill people and their families across the […]
A huge thank you to the brethren students at Biggleswade Campus for a great fundraising effort! Jane Whitbread, Bedfordshire President for the Red Cross, accompanied by Sarah, the local fundraising coordinator, visited Biggleswade Campus to receive a superb donation of over £7717 towards the fight against Ebola, and the many other humanitarian aid projects financed […]
A choir of some current and former Focus Students from Biggleswade School Campus revisited Milton Ernest Hall Care Home to encourage and uplift the elderly residents. The care home staff and residents enjoyed the music and asked the choir to come back, maybe in the summer. The students practise together and some of these sessions […]
