Bradford Arson Task Force And Rubbish Fires

we're a four man team based at Shipley fire station and we cover all of the Bradford postcode area our main aim is to reduce the number of car fires and secondary fires throughout West Yorkshire which amount to about eighty percent of the fires attended by the crews What we do on a daily basis is to identify the refuge fires and other fires and we will visit the the scenes of fires liaising with other agencies such as the police the neighbourhood wardens, the environmental wardens to try and stop a reoccurance What we do is patrol the area go around the area if we see any problems we report the problems, anything to do with fly-tipping rubbish in peoples gardens My main role on the educational side within the Arson Task Force is working with children and young people there's various projects I work with them, I work in schools delivering arson programs arson talks I also work alongside the Youth Offending Team delivering vehicle crime programs in the consequences of arson Rubbish fires are jobs that can be avoided really by people recycling items taking items to the tip Do you think you're winning this war against the rubbish It's a struggle but it's step-by-step and I think we are making an improvement it's going to take time but I think we do see an improvement