Catherine Levin

1 week ago | emergencyservicestimes.com | Catherine Levin

More than a year after the damning review into the leadership of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, the inspectors have been in and reported that they have concerns about the service’s performance and ability to keep people safe from fire and other risks. Unlike a traditional inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue (HMICFRS), there are no grades in the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) report to show how it is performing against a set of criteria.

2 weeks ago | emergencyservicestimes.com | Catherine Levin

Over 400 medical students joined Welsh police, fire and ambulance services at a multi-agency exercise that saw four challenging road traffic collision scenarios played out over the course of one day giving them an insight into roadside response before casualties are taken to hospital. This multi-agency exercise has been running annually for the past five years in collaboration with Dr Tim Johnson and his team from Cardiff University’s School of Medicine.

2 weeks ago | emergencyservicestimes.com | Catherine Levin

The Police Foundation, in partnership with Virgin Media O2, is calling for the creation of a new fraud prevention agency as part of a suite of fundamental changes it says are needed to deal with a ‘fraud epidemic.’Speaking at the launch of the report, ‘A victimless crime’?

3 weeks ago | emergencyservicestimes.com | Catherine Levin

As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close, London Fire Brigade has revealed six new wellbeing dogs who, along with their handlers, have been trained to visit fire stations across the capital to provide firefighters with much needed respite. With this new cohort in place, the wellbeing dog team of ten dogs can now visit more of the Brigade’s 102 fire stations. The team is made up of members of staff who volunteer with their own dogs to participate in the scheme.

3 weeks ago | emergencyservicestimes.com | Catherine Levin

Local charity Hearts for Herts has boosted the lifesaving capability of the emergency services in Hertfordshire by donating 18 bleed kits to police stations across the county. Supported by Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Jonathan Ash-Edwards, the public access bleed control kits will be located alongside defibrillators in cabinets already in use by the force. The PCC had previously funded the cost of the defibrillators when former PCC David Lloyd was in office.