As understanding grows around the long-term cancer risks facing firefighters, attention is shifting beyond the fireground to the hidden dangers inside the fire appliance. Marjeta Samec of Fischer Panda UK explores why in-cab air quality could become the next frontier in firefighter health protection.

Twelve months after its launch, the APPG for Volunteer Search and Rescue is delivering tangible policy wins and helping to move an under-recognised part of the UK’s resilience system up the political agenda.

A clinical team leader at North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is leading a project to improve cardiac arrest outcomes by using data captured by defibrillators to strengthen learning, feedback and patient care.

East Midlands Airport has become the first mainland airport in the UK to introduce telemetry into its firefighting operations, with the deployment of new self-contained breathing apparatus and entry control technology designed to improve firefighter safety during incidents.

In East London there is a new facility that’s shaking up the way that ambulances are managed with an eye to the expansion of the electric fleet and the need to be efficient in all aspects; it’s a model that’s already gathering a lot of interest.

Newcastle Airport has appointed its first female firefighters, marking a significant milestone for the airport’s rescue and firefighting service and highlighting the growing role of women across the emergency services.

A 68-strong team of firefighters and staff from 14 fire and rescue services has arrived in Venezuela and is now conducting systematic searches of collapsed structures, deploying canine search teams and using specialist equipment to locate survivors after devastating earthquakes left over 1500 dead and thousands unaccounted for.

With a red heat health alert issued by the UK Health Security Agency, London Ambulance Service has put more than 400 extra ambulance crews on the road this week as temperatures hit 35 degrees.

After extensive public consultation, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service announced changes that will see seven stations close and two new modern facilities built as part of changes affecting over 30 locations.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service shares how it has developed its own Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle that utilises sonar to boost water rescue capability.