'Postcode lottery' affects firefighters' response to tower block blazes

'Postcode lottery' affects firefighters' response to tower block blazes

Union asks Theresa May for urgent review of firefighters’ resources, following ‘hindered’ response to Grenfell Tower blaze

Firefighters’ capability to tackle devastating blazes such as the Grenfell Tower fire vary widely depending on where they are based in the UK, a union has said.

The different standards in how fire services can respond to life-threatening tower block fires is a “postcode lottery”, the Fire Brigades Union has said.
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