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Airport Fire Service @HeathrowFire

Twitter account of Heathrow Airport Fire & Rescue Service

Joined May 2013
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Airport Fire Service@HeathrowFire
21 Oct 2019
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It was our pleasure @ThatSillyGinge Josh, great to get a pilot’s perspective too
Josh@ThatSillyGinge
4 Jul 2024
Today I was extremely fortunate to get a look around @HeathrowFire with @jumpjim and @CliffordAgius! A very impressive setup of two fire stations that cover the entirety of Heathrow Airport as well as certain off-site locations in the immediate vicinity.
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It was our pleasure @jumpjim
James Shepard
@jumpjim
4 Jul 2024
Thanks @HeathrowFire for an excellent day out, and some really useful insights in to aircraft firefighting. They have some MOST excellent toys to play with as well 😁. This is a @RosenbauerUK Panther HRET (High Reach Extendable Turret), able to reach those places other fire engines cannot. As well as the fire fighting turret the boom is also fitted with a thermal imaging camera. Your standard high street fire engine carries approx. 1800L of water.. This thing carries 11,200 litres and can dispense the whole lot in 2 minutes at approx 20 bar pressure 😳 You can see that @CliffordAgius and @ThatSillyGinge aren’t enjoying themselves at all… #avgeek #avgeeks
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New hose layer and new command vehicles currently being built, no new major foam tenders for approximately 3 to 4 years
David Turvey@DavidDt20
3 Jul 2024
Replying to @HeathrowFire
@HeathrowFire any news on new vehicles please thanks
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Clifford Agius@CliffordAgius
4 Jul 2024
Hiya @BT77W 👋 Myself @jumpjim and @ThatSillyGinge are down with @HeathrowFire today playing with the toys.
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Never forget
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To aid our driver and monitor ops training we’ve hired @RosenbauerUK Panther simulator, very realistic!!
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Airport safety week at Heathrow, the team played their part showing off some of our capabilities
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Wish all fire teams across the world a very happy International Firefighters Day from all at @HeathrowFire
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How did you get to see our new command vehicle?!!😉 @BT77W
Mib@BT77W
13 Apr 2024
The good thing about working with @HeathrowFire is that I get to see their new equipment before most others 😏 #avgeek #avgeeks #aviation #Heathrow
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Friday feeling……….
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SimTrainer UK@SimTrainerUK
1 Mar 2024
It’s 6 days to the Invisible Risk seminar, the largest event in the UK to date on the subject of the particulate risk to responders. We have 210 delegates attending, representing 130 organisations. We look forward to welcoming everyone booked in! Invisiblerisk.co.uk
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Not yet, we will post on here when we are recruiting again- currently fully crewed
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Happy to present another 20 year LSGC medal to one of our Red Watch firefighters, Mick Brophy
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Clifford Agius@CliffordAgius
21 Jan 2024
Fun flying tonight and nice to see @HeathrowFire on local standby near the runway @HeathrowAirport ready to pounce if we get it wrong. Thanks to the awesome @LHRDirector controllers for thier support and hard work bit if a coaster ride down the approach in the worst of the winds.

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James Shepard
@jumpjim
13 Jan 2024
Applications for the Flying Scholarships for the disabled scheme are open for three more weeks. If you are 18 , weigh 115kgs or below, UK resident and allowed to drive by the DVLA then go for it! Applications close January 31st fsdp.co.uk/scholarships/ #Aviation #Avgeek #Avgeeks

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Mand the Fire station is looking good 😉
Scott Bateman MBE
@scottiebateman
12 Jan 2024
Replying to @BT77W @HeathrowAirport
Can see me parking 533. 😂
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Agree @CliffordAgius very visual example of how to evacuate, undoubtedly one of the reasons for no fatalities on the A350, along with the competence of the flight deck and cabin crew #welldonejal
Clifford Agius@CliffordAgius
3 Jan 2024
I think all airlines should have this very important safety info in the video it no doubt helped save lives yesterday. No bags taken off and everybody off safely. Well done @JALairlines
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A few asking about the mention of the Firefighter Safety Maxim that was mentioned yesterday and a possible answer as to why the FF’s were “standing around not doing much” See photo- no life risk, no risk to Ff safety
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Aim would be to extinguish fire with foam however if there’s no life risk, fire service likely to go into “defensive mode” therefore not risking the safety of the firefighters. If there were saveable life then some risk would be taken. It’s called the firefighter safety maxim.
James Shepard
@jumpjim
2 Jan 2024
Replying to @doobry @Busstop36 @denkmit
@HeathrowFire … Any chance you could elaborate on what the aims of the fire suppression are?
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Hence why comments of “standing around” With the aircraft severely damaged by fire, there would also be risk on collapse hence why defensive ( knowing all pax and crew accounted for) firefighting taking place- without being there hard to know but assuming from videos
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