Unforgotten:Bradford City… BBC2

This is used in Fire Marshall training all over the country. Reviewing the initial crowd reaction to fire and the herd mentality that we all have, initially seeing it as a bit of a laugh, or thinking that you are safe because no one else has reacted, only then to see it fully take hold within seconds. One of the policeman's clothes can be seen smouldering from a long distance away, so the heat was absolutely immense even away from the flames themselves.

This is why I have got the reputation of being an uptight and annoyed fire marshal in my building, when people sit around and finish their emails or go and collect their handbag or finish their coffee when the fire alarm goes off in our building. Or similarly I actually check where the fire escape route is when staying in a hotel. If we don't learn lessons from horrible tragedies like this, then the same thing could happen again - because even state of the art modern buildings are not fire-proof.
 
I was on duty at Grangetown Fire Station on that horrible day and was sat in the mess room having a cuppa, when the news and the pictures started to filter through. In a short period of time the whole watch was watching the tragedy unfold, it's the quietest mess room I have ever been in as we all sat in quiet thought, hoping everyone would be alright, but knowing that there was no chance of that being the case.

I knew a few Firefighters in West Yorkshire who were FBU reps and were there on the day. It affected them quite badly as you might expect and probably still does to this day.
 
Was shown that video on my first survival course for offshore. That and the Piper Alpha video. Frightening both of them. The thing with the Bradford one was the speed it took hold.
 
And yet we had fans singing “Build a bonfire “ & “Is there a fire drill” during our cup tie last year .
 
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