The London Fire Brigade's Paddington Fire Rescue Unit is springing into action! Located at 156 Harrow Road, this team is equipped with state-of-the-art gear, including a Mercedes Benz Atego and a Scania L360 with a 32-meter turntable ladder. With a team of skilled firefighters and rescue experts, they're ready to tackle any emergency that comes their way in Paddington. #LondonFireBrigade #PaddingtonFireRescue #Firefighters #EmergencyResponse #RescueUnit #reels #reelsviral #reelsinstagram | Emerg

📺 - Watch the amazing footage of London Fire Brigade Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team at United Kingdom Rescue Organisation - ‘Festival of Rescue’ on the Newcastle quayside. The challenge was for the team to breakthrough the rubble and wood to rescue a trapped casualty. Visit Spillers Wharf tomorrow (Sat 18) to witness more of the same. Also on the Newcastle and Gateshead quaysides you will be able to see the USAR, Trauma, Vehicle Extrication, Water and Rope Challenges between 8am and 5pm. #

4.1K views · 35 reactions | We've gone behind the scenes with the London Fire Brigade to see some of the new gadgets and technology it's using to help fight fires in London. #london @londonfirebrigade #fireandrescue #technology #gadgets #rescue #firefighters | BBC London | Facebook

3.7K views · 117 reactions | Chloé was inspired to join the London Fire Brigade after seeing them in action as a child. She now wants other young women to become firefighters. bbc.in/3MwMkbZ | BBC London | Facebook

4.4K views · 122 reactions | Check out this behind the scenes look at London's firefighters and how they're learning lessons from the past to tackle major incidents in the future. More here: bbc.in/3lLJELD | BBC London | Facebook

This week we're welcoming the first of three new aerial appliances to our fleet - our 64m turntable ladders from @magirusgroup and @e1Group Let us know if you've spotted one already. The first of these new arrivals will be based at Dagenham, with the next two going to Old Kent Road and Wimbledon in the New Year. They’ll be operated by firefighters who have completed specialist training. They're the tallest appliances in Europe, and twice the height of our previous tallest appliance. So they can

Marvel at the London Fire Brigade's head for heights as they put on a public display at their headquarters in Southwark in 1928 Film courtesy of London's Screen Archives #BritainOnFilm | BFI