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• Smoking Still a High Source of Fires
  With many people thinking about the health risks that smoking brings during ‘National No Smoking Day on 10 March 2010’ Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service are urging people to think about the fire risks linked to smoking...
  03 March 2010

• Fire Authority sets lowest ever Council Tax increase
  £1 a week - that's how much on average Greater Manchester's award-winning Fire and Rescue Service will cost the average household in 2010. The increase in the level of Council Tax this year is limited to just 2.5%, its lowest ever...
  12 February 2010

• HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY PANCAKE DAY
  On the 16th February when traditionally many families in Greater Manchester will reach for the frying pan to make pancakes, the Fire and Rescue Service want you add a special ingredient to the mixture of eggs, flour and milk – safety!
  12 February 2010

• FIRE SERVICE SAYS DON’T GAMBLE WITH YOUR LIFE WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN!
  Are you prepared to gamble with your life? That is the stark question Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is asking as National Chip Week begins (15 - 21 February).
  12 February 2010

• Communities and Local Government Committee
  The FiReControl project is part of the Fire and Resilience Programme, which is reforming the Fire and Rescue Services. FiReControl involves closing the current 46 control centres and replacing them with nine large regional centres...
  10 February 2010

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