HC Deb 15 February 1996 vol 271 cc705-6W
Ms Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fire appliances attended the site of the docklands bombing on 9 February; at what times the first appliance arrived and the last appliance left; how many appliances arrived within (a) five and (b) 10 minutes of being summoned; from which fire stations appliances were sent; and how many fire fighters attended. [15202]

Mr. Sackville

I have been informed by the London fire and civil defence authority that a total of 113 appliances attended this incident over three days. The first appliance arrived on 9 February at 19:07 and the last appliance left on 12 February at 13:46. One appliance arrived within five minutes of being summoned and two within 10 minutes. In total, 427 fire service personnel attended the incident.

Appliances were sent from the following stations: Addington, Barking, Battersea, Beckenham, Bethnal Green, Bromley, Bow, Chelsea, Croydon, Dagenham, Deptford, Dockhead, East Greenwich, East Ham, Erith, Forest Hill, Greenwich, Hainault, Hornchurch, Ilford, Lambeth fire boat, Lewisham, Leytonstone, Manchester Square, Millwall, New Cross, Norbury, Old Kent Road, Plaistow, Plumstead, Poplar, Romford, Shadwell, Sidcup, Silvertown, Stratford, Sutton, Tooting, Tottenham, Wandsworth, Westminster, Whitechapel, Woodford. Woodside and Woolwich.