Firefighters attend less incidents this Bonfire Night

Firefighters across Greater Manchester attended fewer incidents compared to the same period last year. Sadly they also came under attack at five separate incidents.

North West Fire Control dealt with 423 calls from 4pm yesterday (Tuesday 5 November) until 8am today (Wednesday 6 November) – with crews from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) attending 272 incidents. This is a decrease compared to last year, where 291 incidents were attended across the city-region.

GMFRS Chief Fire Officer, Jim Wallace said: “Bonfire Night is a particularly busy time for the fire service, and other emergency services in Greater Manchester, and last night as expected they all did a fantastic job at keeping the public safe.

“Thankfully, despite the attacks on our crews last night, no one was harmed, but I would take this time to remind members of the public that our staff are doing their job, keeping the communities of Greater Manchester safe, and they want to go home to their families at the end of their shift.

“Help us to help you by respecting our emergency services.”

Other incidents that fire crews were called to include bin fires, unattended bonfires, grass fires and more.

Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester, Bev Hughes said : “I would like to thank all our emergency services for their hard work last night. I spent some time with firefighters responding to a variety incidents and while the majority of people were enjoying Bonfire Night safely, some unfortunately were irresponsible which put an unnecessary strain on fire crews and put people in danger.”

Jude Gidney - Editor
Author: Jude Gidney - Editor

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