Rise in number of calls wasting time of firefighters
HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue is reporting a rise in time-wasting call-outs.
Latest figures comparing 2013 with 2012 show a ten per cent rise in the amount of calls where firefighters were called out after alarms were set off in buildings.
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