This conversation with Alan House pulls us back to the foundations of who we are as firefighters. Alan started his career in the 1960s, rose through Hampshire Fire and Rescue, and has spent decades preserving the story of our service. As part of the Firefighters Memorial Trust, he helps record and honour every person who has died in the line of duty. His work reminds us that remembrance is not nostalgia. It is accountability. The story of the British Fire Service stretches from the old insura...
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This conversation with Alan House pulls us back to the foundations of who we are as firefighters. Alan started his career in the 1960s, rose through Hampshire Fire and Rescue, and has spent decades preserving the story of our service. As part of the Firefighters Memorial Trust, he helps record and honour every person who has died in the line of duty. His work reminds us that remembrance is not nostalgia. It is accountability. The story of the British Fire Service stretches from the old insura...
#413 INCIDENT DEBRIEF: The Woolworths fire - Manchester - May 8th 1979
Firefighter Podcast
12 minutes
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#413 INCIDENT DEBRIEF: The Woolworths fire - Manchester - May 8th 1979
In May 1979, a fire tore through the Woolworths department store in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens. A blaze that would change British fire safety forever. What began as a small ignition behind a furniture display grew into a full-floor inferno within minutes, fuelled by polyurethane foam and toxic smoke that trapped shoppers and staff on the upper floors. This episode revisits the incident through modern eyes, unpacking the science, the tactics, and the courage of those who faced the unimagi...
Firefighter Podcast
This conversation with Alan House pulls us back to the foundations of who we are as firefighters. Alan started his career in the 1960s, rose through Hampshire Fire and Rescue, and has spent decades preserving the story of our service. As part of the Firefighters Memorial Trust, he helps record and honour every person who has died in the line of duty. His work reminds us that remembrance is not nostalgia. It is accountability. The story of the British Fire Service stretches from the old insura...
