The new LFB fireboat "Errington" passing upstream through Tower Bridge. 01-May-2023, IMG_6226. Named for Harry Errington of Soho Fire Station who was awarded the George Cross in World War Two.

#LFB #LondonFireBrigade #fireboat #london #thames #riverthames

Review of #LondonFireBrigade finds incidents of #misogyny. Female #firefighters have been groped, beaten, and had their helmets filled with urine. Dear London Fire Brigade, your values are on fire. Fix it! Thank you. #FeministFriday #FirstResponders #firefighters

#honoroak #se23 #londonfirebrigade #lfb

Firefighters were called to a building collapse on Honor Oak Park in Lewisham.

The wall at the front of the roof of a terraced building used as a shop and art studio collapsed. Firefighters carried out a full search of the building and removed loose masonry. There were no reports of any injuries

More: https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2022/december/building-collapse-lewisham/

Wherever you find one, you'll also find the other. They always walk together: #racism and #misogyny.

#LondonPolice #LondonFireBrigade.

London fire brigade put into special measures over misogyny and racism

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/london-fire-brigade-put-into-special-measures-over-misogyny-and-racism

A very senior female officer said, through tears, that whenever she goes through a dangerous incident, she's always thinking: 'Will the men have my back? Will the men around me protect me given how they have treated me back at the station?

Even seniority appears not to have insulated some women from abuse: a former Commissioner, the 1st woman to lead LFB, said she had received death threats following an anti-sexism campaign she was promoting.

#LondonFireBrigade #sexism https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63749444

A very senior female officer said, through tears, that whenever she goes through a dangerous incident, she's always thinking: 'Will the men have my back? Will the men around me protect me given how they have treated me back at the station?

One firefighter told the review that she advised her female friends not to let male firefighters in the house to give safety advice because "they go through women's drawers looking for underwear and sex toys. #LondonFireBrigade #sexism https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63749444

RT @Halima_Begum
#LondonFireBrigade institutionally racist & sexist finds @nazirafzal Report. Appalling evidence: mocking dead Muslims, photographing women's underwear, smearing semen & bacon on staff. Commissioner #AndyRoe implementing urgent measures including body cams. https://bit.ly/3VxtMMR

Maybe when the fire brigade, the police, parliament, and every other institution and profession are investigated and found to be full of toxic misogyny and racism, then it’s not just the individual institutions but the entire structure that’s misogynistic and racist? 🤔

#misogny #racism #institutions #structural #LondonFireBrigade #Police

This is vile #LondonFireBrigade https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41015477.html

Mission accomplished! 🙀
Scared kitten rescued at last. 😅
#CatinaTree #Lewisham #LondonFireBrigade #London #Kitten