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Firefighters have warned Britain being "unprepared" for a heatwave is a "disaster waiting to happen". Wildfires have devastated parts of Europe in recent weeks, with Greece, Spain and Italy affected.

Firefighters in Stirling and across Scotland are set to head out on strike after rejecting a pay deal.

A plaque has been unveiled in memory of a firefighter who died in the line of duty tackling a blaze at a hotel 44 years ago.

here.Or to like his Facebook page and keep up to date with breaking, crime, fire service or Salford news click here.Here's a link to the M.E.N.'s main Facebook page where we share our latest stories.The government’s Building Safety and Fire Safety Bills, intended to tackle the building safety crisis exposed by Grenfell, represent enormous increases in firefighters’ inspection, prevention, and enforcement work, without providing funding to hire more personnel.Manchester-born Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said:“Be it mass flooding and wildfires caused by climate change, huge post-Grenfell building safety challenges, terrorist attacks; or pandemics, firefighters are on the frontline protecting the UK from the vast majority of major

Fifty firefighters in Greater Manchester are self isolating due to the coronavirus pandemic.