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National security minister Wayne Caines helped deliver the fire safety message to schoolchildren today. Fire Safety Awareness Week was launched at the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service headquarters on King Street, Hamilton. Youngsters from Prospect Pri...

A tourist died yesterday after an incident during a jet ski tour. The 62-year-old American woman was a passenger on the machine when she fell off and “became unresponsive”, police said. Emergency crews were called to the incident in waters off Somers...

A total of eight firefighters have been confirmed as lieutenants at a special ceremony. The event celebrated the men and women who retained their positions at the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Services after a year in the role. Lieutenant Russann Francis, ...

Chris, there is a fire at the house!” Words no man or woman wants to hear from their spouse or significant other. On July 2, there was a minor fire at my wife’s salon. No fire is minor, but this was minor compared with what might have happened. A se...

A Liberian gas tanker delivered an injured crew member yesterday. The Gaschem Orca contacted Bermuda Radio yesterday afternoon after a 42-year-old Filipino national suffered a severe hand injury on board. At the time the vessel, which was travelling ...

New breathing apparatus for firefighters to make sure they can carry out their job safely is to be bought, a union leader has said. Allan Wilkinson, the Fire Service Association president, explained that the public faced losing out if ageing equipmen...

A deal has been signed for the purchase of a ladder truck to replace the fire service’s 21-year-old Bronto. The ageing vehicle was plagued with electrical issues that left it out of action during the Front Street blaze in 2016. Firefighters were told...

A 48-year-old man was injured in an industrial accident in the City of Hamilton yesterday morning. Police said a man was refuelling a power washer on Church Street, near Washington Lane, when fuel spilt and caught fire. Two men on the lift were unin...

More than 40 emergency workers have been trained to provide “emotional CPR” by an American expert. Revital Goodman, a trauma specialist, said that it was vital first responders were equipped to provide early care to people who had experienced stressf...

A 69-year-old man has been pronounced dead after he was found in an unresponsive state in a car this afternoon. A police spokesman said emergency services were called to the incident at a property on Hidden Lane, Pembroke, at about 12.40pm. He said: ...

A motorcycle caught fire on North Shore Road on Friday. Police and firefighters attended the incident in Hamilton Parish, near the junction with Radnor Road, at about 2.15pm. The road was closed while firefighters put out the blaze and cleared the ar...

The 911 emergency number is back in service, a police spokesman said tonight. He was speaking after the 911 service and the main police number 295 0011 both shut down. Police earlier said that both numbers were back in service. But a police spokesman...