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Firefighters at Windsor Fire Station attended a dramatic water rescue incident at 15-42 hours on Friday 27 August. This occurred between the Windsor & Eton Bridge and Romney Lock.
A fully clothed male in his late fifties was seen struggling in the river Thames by shocked members of the public who notified the emergency services. The [...]

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BBC news have reported on an incident at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-10873700
This significantly called upon the resources of the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, with pumps used in operations and reliefs from Mortimer, Whitley Wood-Reading, Dee Road-Reading, Maidenhead, Wokingham, Hungerford, Wokingham Road-Reading, Crowthorne, Bracknell Retained, Slough, Pangbourne and Windsor.
Special appliances [...]

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0n 02 August the day crew at Windsor were called to woods on fire at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Various discarded munitions from previous army exercises deployed during the course of the lengthy firefighting operation which also involved several other appliances. The Windsor crew worked 2 hours beyond their normal finishing time of [...]

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The calls below are those attended by the Windsor crews for NIGHT shifts ONLY (18-00 to 09-00 hours). So to gauge the full value of Windsor Fire Station to the safety of east Berkshire you should also consider day calls too.
01 July at 20-12 hours. Standby to Maidenhead.
01 July at 21-50 hours. Standby to Bracknell.
02 [...]

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On the 27 July at 10-11 hours the Windsor appliance was called to a serious fire in Grenfell Road, Maidenhead. The Windsor appliance was first to the incident and was backed up by another appliance from Slough. Four breathing apparatus wearers were committed. Two high pressure hose-reel jets and two main jets were used, as [...]

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Q.When is a rescue not a rescue?
A. If it could thwart Brigade plans to close or downgrade Fire Stations.
A few years ago there was a fire during the night hours at the Sir Christopher Wren’s House Hotel in Windsor. Firefighters in breathing apparatus led out several guests who were severely disorientated and distressed in the [...]

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The calls below were attended by crews from Windsor Fire Station.
Look at the gravity of certain incidents and consider also the valuable ‘back-up’ Windsor Firefighters provide to east Berkshire?
01 June at 03-13 hours. Oakley Green Road, Windsor. Alarm / Activation.
01 June at 23-53 hours. Coronation Road, Ascot. House fire.
02 June at 18-50 hours. Standby to [...]

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This morning at Windsor Fire Station we learned of the tragic deaths of 2 of our colleagues in Hampshire. They died whilst fighting a fire within a high rise residential building yesterday evening. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8606489.stm
We wish to send our deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased.
Sadly, this incident draws parallels with another [...]

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Om Monday 05 April a light aircraft crashed upon take-off and burst into flames at White Waltham Airfield near Maidenhead (Incident Number 90) Fortunately there were no fatalities.
Numerous Berkshire appliances were sent, rapidly draining resources from a county which has already experienced cuts, with more in the pipeline…
The following appliances were sent; a Reading Control [...]

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The Windsor crew were called to a serious road traffic collision at 20-38 hours on Monday 29 March (This was the second serious incident within 4 days-the first being a fatal road traffic collision in Old Windsor)
A motorcyclist had collided with a lorry in North Street, Winkfield and had suffered serious injuries. He was lying [...]

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