Fire Warden Training – Rotherham
Gerry was very informative. The video material was good at making you realise how easy fires can begin and just how catastrophic results can be if proper fire safety isn’t completed. It really made me want to raise awareness when I get back to the office and to pay more attention to ensuring staff safety – E. Crouch
Very positive training. I now have a good understanding of Fire Warden Training – S. Kirkby
A very good teacher – B. Hall
I really enjoyed the training and I learnt a lot about Fire safety – D. Fowle
Former Barnsley Working Men’s club destroyed in fire
South Yorkshire firefighters were called to a large fire at a disused working men’s club in Barnsley on 13th November.
Crews spent about six hours at the disused club on Farm Road, Kendray, Barnsley, after the blaze was reported at 12.30am. Within 30 minutes of crews arriving, around 50% of the building had collapsed.
Due to the serious structural problems of the building, crews had to tackle the flames from outside the building using combined aerial rescue pump and jets on the ground.
Firefighters from Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Tankersley, Cudworth and Dearne attended the incident.
Crew manager Gavin Jones from Barnsley Fire Station, said: “When we pulled up we could barely see in front of us, or where the club even was, because there was so much thick smoke. Because there were no reports of people trapped or the possibility of people inside we did not enter the building – it was too unsafe. Within half an hour half of it had collapsed.”
The cause of the fire is not yet known and an investigation will now be carried out.
Fire Warden Training – Rotherham
Very good course which kept me interested – H. Gallacher
Content of the course was good with plenty of examples given – A. Chapman
Good training from knowledgeable tutor – S. Wade