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Fire Minister Bob Neill visits Bromley Fire Station

Reducing arson and improving home fire safety.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021) and Bob Neill
• Published: 13 July 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Fire Minister Bob Neill visited Bromley Fire Station on 12 July 2010 to learn more about how the borough’s Fire and Rescue Service is reducing arson and improving home fire safety.

Along with hearing how the service is helping prevent home fires by visiting peoples’ homes and identifying risks, Mr Neill heard how firefighters routinely visit arson ‘hotspots’ and working with the local council report items, such as dumped rubbish or broken street lighting, that can promote arson.

During the visit the minister watched one of the regular exercises the firefighters practice in the station’s yard that simulate a domestic fire.

Published 13 July 2010