Fire

The 11-year-old black Labrador has attended around 500 incidents since joining Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service in 2012 as a one-year-old.

Crews at the Patmore Close station raised £660 for The Firefighters’ Charity, with 45 motors sent away spick and span.

A crew from Sawbridgeworth was joined by two from Harlow, one from Stansted and Corringham's water bowser to put out the fire in Sheering.

The new campaign aims to reach at-risk residents and firefighters will be able to refer vulnerable people to the appropriate agencies.

Bishop’s Stortford firefighters will be hosting a charity car wash at their station in Patmore Close on Saturday (July 15) from 11am to 3pm.

The 17-year-old was bleeding heavily from a cut outside Stansted’s Esso garage when village firefighter Keegan Johnson ran to help her.

Station manager Scott Fretton said: "Crews have worked incredibly hard to stop the fire from spreading to nearby woodland.”

A duckling became separated from its mummy and siblings when it slipped through a grate while crossing the road in the town centre on Tuesday.

Six fire crews tackled the blaze at a property in Dunmow Road, which started in an outbuilding before spreading to the roof of the house.

Met Office had issued yellow weather warning for East of England and said thunderstorm could impact driving conditions and result in flooding.

When crews from Bishop’s Stortford arrived in Hegan Road, they found two wheelie bins alight near a car.

Loud sirens will be triggered on mobiles in April in a test of the UK's new emergency alerts system, but how will it work and can you switch off?

Alerts for incidents like severe flood, fire or terror attack, which trigger loud sirens on mobiles and tablets, expected to be tested across UK soon.

When the minibus was found burnt out, sports equipment, including for football, netball and golf, had been taken out - as had its engine.

A regional FBU union official said the result was testament to collective bargaining but warned the fight to improve funding of the service goes on.

The village station currently has 10 crew, including three women, but is looking for new recruits to join and "give back to the community".

Firefighters rescued the horse in High Wych with the help of machinery from a local farmer and specialist large animal rescue equipment.

Fire crews at Stansted Airport created a water salute over the aircraft bringing home 77 members - and four dogs - of the UK's search and rescue team

Fire Brigades Union says since 2010 members have suffered 12% drop in real-term earnings and around one in five firefighter jobs have been cut.

"We want to reassure residents that they will still be able to call 999 for help and we will still respond to life-threatening emergencies.”