by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Aug 4, 2020 | Top Stories
(FP) The Barbados Fire Service (BFS) will launch a television series, in collaboration with the Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS), entitled The Firewall, tomorrow, Wednesday, August 5, on CBC TV8, at 8:30 p.m. The programme will air once a month and...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | May 22, 2020 | Top Stories
Acting Station officer, Wayne Vaughan, demonstrating the use of the commercial blower to extinguish a grass fire under controlled burning. (Barbados Fire Service) The Barbados Fire Service (BFS) has developed new and innovative ways to fight fires with reduced water...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | May 22, 2020 | Top Stories
Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard. (FP) The Barbados Fire Service (BFS) has received 17 requests for burn permits, of which three were approved; two declined, while the reasons given for the other 12 remain under investigation. This was disclosed by Chief Fire...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Apr 21, 2020 | Top Stories
Recycling is one alternative to deal with household waste. (Stock Photo) Residents across Barbados are urged to avoid burning rubbish, and to consider alternative ways of disposing of their clippings, trimmings, grass, leaves and other forms of household waste. Chief...
by Julia Rawlins-Bentham | Mar 31, 2020 | Top Stories
Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard. (FP) Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard, is appealing to persons to stop the indiscriminate burning across the country. He made this appeal today after the Barbados Fire Service was pressed into action to respond to numerous grass...
