Fires, it can be said, have a life of their own. There is always a subtle difference between events even if on the surface they fit a previous pattern; each posing its own special set of problems. For members of the fire and rescue services, wherever they fight fires, one of the knacks of firefighting is to grasp early on the nature of those differences. This was certainly true of the fire at the Ocado warehouse in Andover which was attended by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service with crews also attending from nearby services, such as Dorset and Wilshire Fire and Rescue Service. On the surface this was a warehouse fire, not of itself a challenge. Underneath the surface, however, this was a very different challenge. One that was to require a great deal of dynamic risk assessment and innovation.
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