{"id":129637,"date":"2025-05-25T03:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T03:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129637\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T03:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T03:25:11","slug":"west-midland-fire-stations-are-reminding-residents-to-stay-safe-over-bank-holiday-and-half-term-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/129637\/","title":{"rendered":"West Midland fire stations are reminding residents to stay safe over bank holiday and half-term break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmfs.net\/news\/stay-safe-this-bank-holiday-and-half-term-05-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Fire Service <\/a>said whether travelling, tackling DIY projects, planning a barbecue, or gardening, a few simple precautions can help avoid emergencies \u2013 and ensure our firefighters stay available for the most serious of incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Fernandez, WMFS Head of Prevention, said: \u201cWhether you\u2019ll be at home, or out and about with family and friends, please have a safe Bank Holiday weekend and half-term. What starts as a small fire or accident can escalate very quickly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b2f3b8fd-5cd0-4d09-bf46-20afe25e9efe.webp\"   alt=\"Overflowing bins\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>Overflowing bins<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease avoid burning your household waste or recycling. Aside from the very real fire risk, it can harm the environment and affect neighbours\u2019 health. This is especially important in Birmingham, while the bin strikes continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re working closely with Birmingham City Council and other partners to monitor the impact of uncollected rubbish and mitigate any fire risks that may arise. Our crews are ready to respond, but we all have a role to play in preventing fires in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Fire Service said whether travelling, tackling DIY projects, planning a barbecue, or gardening, a few simple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,4350],"class_list":{"0":"post-129637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-your-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114566340869742066","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}