Article: Drop in hoax calls to fire brigade.(news)

Article: Strathclyde Fire Brigade gets half of all ...
Evening Times;  May 17, 2004 ;     625 words ...HOAX calls to Strathclyde Fire Brigade account for more than half ... Dumfries and Galloway, with 83 hoax calls. Strathclyde Fire Brigade is already planning a major crackdown to cut the number of hoax calls as part of its integrated risk ...

Article: Warning after big rise in hoax calls to fire ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 27, 2008 ;     373 words ...Cornwall Fire Brigade has reported a big increase in the number of hoax calls. Chief Fire Officer Matt Littmoden said: "The brigade has received an increase in the number of hoax calls in recent weeks. These can endanger lives because ...

Article: Saving bird good training exercise ; Oh dear! An injured seabird ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  July 24, 2008 ;     357 words ...Oh dear! An injured seabird rescued by the fire brigade from a precarious situation has had people reaching for ... amount of taxpayers' money that has been wasted due to hoax calls. No fire officer should be expected to risk his or her ...

Article: Gentle persuasion sees drop in hoax calls
The Northern Echo;  December 24, 1999 ;     453 words ... ... to reduce the numbers of hoax calls they receive. While phone ... Figures show Cleveland Fire Brigade has received 1,000 fewer hoax calls this year than in 1998 ... change of direction in the fire brigade. We are being more pro ...

Article: Lost life may be cost of hoax calls.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  May 11, 1997 ;     227 words ...Hoax calls are costing the Suffolk Fire Brigade a fortune. Dealing with 500 hoax calls has so far cost the brigade pounds 134,000 over the past year and officials say every time an engine is sent out it costs pounds 269. They have also warned that false calls put others at risk.

Article: Hoax calls warning.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  May 18, 2004 ;     379 words ... ... the police, ambulance or fire brigade. Fire brigades bore the brunt of hoax calls, with 67,100. The London ... brigades suffering high levels of hoax calls included Strathclyde (4 ... telling of the dangers of hoax calls.

Article: FIREFIGHTERS' STRIKE: FALSE ALARMS - Hoax calls ...
The Independent - London;  November 26, 2002 ;     639 words ...THE NUMBER of hoax calls to the fire brigade has risen by 4 per cent since ... be disconnected. Those making hoax calls from land lines also risk disconnection ... is facing prosecution for three hoax calls made to an emergency communications ...