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• Reference: 2007/0088-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 07 November 2007

What are your procurement criteria for purchasing biofuels? How do you ensure that all biofuels procured for use in fire appliances are traceable, low carbon, habitat friendly, small-scale, recycled where possible, local, organic, fair trade, and GM free?

• Reference: 2005/0428-1
• Question by: Jenny Jones
• Meeting date: 09 November 2005

The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 places a statutory duty on fire and rescue authorities to deal with road traffic collisions. What proportion of road traffic collisions involving death or serious injury in London does the London Fire Brigade attend?

• Reference: 2004/0414-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

In the event of it being necessary to carry out a mass decontamination do you envisage encountering difficulties due to lack of co-operation from casualties?

• Reference: 2004/0416-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Please could you explain the reasons for locating specialist vehicles, which would be required in the event of a major incident, outside the most likely areas for an attack and do you anticipate there could be problems in reaching the incident in the event of severe traffic congestion?

• Reference: 2004/0417-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

Are you confident that LFEPA now has all the necessary vehicles, equipment and trained staff that would be required for a resilient response to concurrent attacks?

• Reference: 2004/0418-1
• Question by: Bob Blackman
• Meeting date: 08 December 2004

LFEPA, along with the police and ambulance services, has set up a multi-agency initial assessment team, on a trial basis, to provide a rapid initial assessment at catastrophic incidents. In the trial proves successful are you confident that Government funding will be forthcoming to allow the team to continue?