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Shooting At DenneryShooting At Dennery

Shooting At Dennery

The responding crew from the Dennery Fire Station were informed that two persons were injured in the incident. Read More

8 months ago
Fire Service Reports Quiet WeekendFire Service Reports Quiet Weekend

Fire Service Reports Quiet Weekend

The fire service also responded to three calls relating to physical assault and one motor vehicular incident. Read More

11 months ago
Emergency Services Report 2 Major Incidents Over the WeekendEmergency Services Report 2 Major Incidents Over the Weekend

Emergency Services Report 2 Major Incidents Over the Weekend

For the weekend of January 21 to 24, the Saint Lucia Fire Service made ninety-seven ambulance responses, which is inclusive… Read More

2 years ago
Home Affairs Minister Visits Fire ServiceHome Affairs Minister Visits Fire Service

Home Affairs Minister Visits Fire Service

The Fire Service is currently in need of serious injection of more officers, especially as it confronts the increased… Read More

2 years ago
Acting PM Lauds Firefighters and others who Assisted in Controlling William Peter Boulevard Fire!Acting PM Lauds Firefighters and others who Assisted in Controlling William Peter Boulevard Fire!

Acting PM Lauds Firefighters and others who Assisted in Controlling William Peter Boulevard Fire!

By the smoking sea, where Christ walked, I asked, why Should man wax tears, when his wooden world fails?”… Read More

4 years ago
Experts say Vieux Fort fire could’ve been avoided!Experts say Vieux Fort fire could’ve been avoided!

Experts say Vieux Fort fire could’ve been avoided!

The August 8 fire on Clarke Street, Vieux Fort has been officially declared accidental but it was altogether avoidable. Despite… Read More

4 years ago
Vigil planned on anniversary of FRC FireVigil planned on anniversary of FRC Fire

Vigil planned on anniversary of FRC Fire

The Msgr. Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre (FRC) Headquarters at Mount Pleasant was gutted by huge fire on March… Read More

4 years ago
Firemen encounter hell as they tackle blazing Sunbilt home!Firemen encounter hell as they tackle blazing Sunbilt home!

Firemen encounter hell as they tackle blazing Sunbilt home!

David Antoine, Assistant Divisional Officer at the Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS), has highlighted two major challenges firefighters faced when… Read More

4 years ago
Fire victim says he lost everything . . . even his plastic dentures, top and bottom!Fire victim says he lost everything . . . even his plastic dentures, top and bottom!

Fire victim says he lost everything . . . even his plastic dentures, top and bottom!

While most Saint Lucians were preparing on Monday to usher in the New Year, an all too commonplace disaster struck… Read More

5 years ago
Have we learnt our lesson?Have we learnt our lesson?

Have we learnt our lesson?

Seventy years ago fired-up coal iron was left unattended in the wooden confines of a tailor’s shop in Castries.… Read More

5 years ago
St. Jude Could Do With A Little Less Politics A Little More Remedial ActionSt. Jude Could Do With A Little Less Politics A Little More Remedial Action

St. Jude Could Do With A Little Less Politics A Little More Remedial Action

We hear it all the time: “Proper healthcare is human right.” Read More

5 years ago
Paba: Still No Report from Fire Department!Paba: Still No Report from Fire Department!

Paba: Still No Report from Fire Department!

Nearly month after a fire of unknown origin destroyed the Folk Research Centre there has been no enlightening word… Read More

5 years ago
THE FRC TRAGEDY – LESSONS TO BE LEARNEDTHE FRC TRAGEDY – LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

THE FRC TRAGEDY – LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

Much like the town of Castries, seventy years ago, sometime between 10 and 11 o’clock on the night of March… Read More

5 years ago
Just When We Thought We’d Seen The Last Of Business As Usual . . .Just When We Thought We’d Seen The Last Of Business As Usual . . .

Just When We Thought We’d Seen The Last Of Business As Usual . . .

There is no shortage of stories illustrative of the aphorism that warns us to be careful what we wish for.… Read More

5 years ago
Msgr. Patrick Anthony: A Fire Cannot Burn Kwéyòl!Msgr. Patrick Anthony: A Fire Cannot Burn Kwéyòl!

Msgr. Patrick Anthony: A Fire Cannot Burn Kwéyòl!

It was Monday morning blues with vengeance when culture-loving Saint Lucians woke up to the devastating news that during… Read More

5 years ago

Up/Rising: The Illumination Lecture Series

“Panic and Peril: Human Behaviour in Fire Situations” is the topic for the second in the Lecture series: Up/Rising: The Illumination… Read More

5 years ago

Hospital on Fire!

Not nearly as tragic as the notorious fire at St Jude Hospital in 2009, the Soufriere Hospital experienced its own… Read More

6 years ago

Questions about St Jude

                    [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n the morning of Wednesday, September 9, 2009 fire… Read More

6 years ago

St Jude to Remain ‘Hospidium’ a Bit Longer

St. Jude Hospital was set ablaze years ago, singeing to death three patients and rendering the facility unfit for use. Read More

6 years ago