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Someone has painted 'Arson!?' On the Sandown Savoy Hotel after it had a major fire last year
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Expect to see the smoke for miles until the fire is fully extinguished.
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Sound like all animals are safe from quick work by those working there.
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The FBU says that Cabinet pass this review, the safety of the Island's public and its firefighters, and the inability for a crew to carry out full firefighting duties on arrival as the first appliance will fall at the feet of those Members.
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Whilst most residents were tucked up in bed, fire crews tackled this huge fire at a derelict former hotel in Sandown.
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Five of the 25 litre containers have been removed by the fire service and coastguard agency
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The council say there would be no redundancies and that the new system would guarantee a minimum of 12 immediately-available firefighters for 12 hours a day, every day.
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An Isle of Wight firefighter will be heading to Oregon in the USA in August where he will learn about tackling wildfires as part of an exchange trip.
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Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will hold further strikes this week after failing to reach an agreement with the government over pension reforms.
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Use your investigative skill to dissect the business case for subcontracting the Island's Fire Control centre to Surrey
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Barratt Homes has been burning trees over the last week. They'd got authorisation from the council, but didn't tell the residents. Officials on site for further checks tomorrow.
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Let's hope this gets resolved without incident
