Bajan Fire Fighters Blog

Barbados’ mass casualty machinery was pressed into action early this afternoon when 23 people were injured in a smash up involving a minibus and a sports utility vehicle. The quiet stretch of Hampton Road, St. Philip became a scene of glass and twisted metal after the two vehicles collided around 1:23 p.m. leaving 22 persons from the bus nursing various injuries. Only one, Nigel Hewitt of 4th Avenue New Orleans, St. Michael, was reported to be in serious condition. (Source: Barbados Today)

The streaming lights, the Christmas carols, the bustling crowds in Bridgetown are a dead give away that the yuletide season is here again. This is a time that evokes a great deal of chatter about the things people cherish the most. Many promises are made and the excitement created is intense. It's a time of giving and sharing and the hope is that the season will bring with it lots of cheer, good health and prosperity.   This expectation may seem utopian. Nevertheless persons are never deterred from trying to attain it. They will spend all and in the end be spent themselves to reach their goal and meet every expectation. In this quest, however, some vulnerability is created which, if left unchecked can bring chaos instead of cheer, horror instead of happiness and poverty instead of prosperity.   Around every festive season, and especially around Christmas, people become so busy and preoccupied with expendables that they lose sight of essential...

The Barbados Fire Service is in possession of a new bus. The 30 seater Nissan vehicle was delivered yesterday morning to Fire Service Headquarters, on Probyn Street, Bridgetown.