Since 2013 we have been engaged in raising awareness on the #Arson threat

Since 2022 Ukraine invasion we stepped-up surveillance quietly in the background

We have limited resource but as #Grenfell #BuildingSafetyCrisis work winds down #Arson becomes our primary focus THREAD

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Petition: Introduce Legislation to make Verbal Abuse toward Police Officers an offence We believe that to some it's become acceptable that police officers get verbally abused and are considered too hardened to experience Harassment, Alarm of Distress for Public Order Act offences. They ...

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Counter Terrorism Policing update on various arson attacks in north west London Due to the nature and circumstances of the three incidents, they are all now being investigated by officers from Counter Terrorism Policing London.

#ArsonAttacks

I warned @LondonAssembly fire committee last year (see evidence session 20mins in) of alarming increase in arson attacks + state proxies

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Counter Terrorism Policing update on various arson attacks NW London

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⚠️ #BreakingNews #ArsonAttack #Finchley #Synagogue
@metpoliceuk call for witnesses

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Yesterday was #NationalSubmarineDay

Heres a wee contribution from a few years back

Kudos to all those in silent service

Note to ed re miss-quote - of course i remember my bloody birthday 😡

Mum, my brother & me are all on the same day-date but different months. Standing joke I forget birthdays

Teenager is arrested after fire rips through Grade II-listed building A fire ripped through the landmark North Staffordshire building last night, leaving the roof and six floors wiped out.

#ArsonPrevention

Teenager is arrested for arson after fire rips through historic Grade II-listed building as aerial pictures show roof and six floors destroyed

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Fire rages at egg farm as inferno pulls in rescue crews from surrounding cities FIREFIGHTERS are battling a massive fire that broke out at an egg farm and has been raging for hours. Dramatic photos show huge flames and plumes of smoke engulfing nearly every building on the spr…

This is not the first major fire loss incident in an animal habitat

Catch my long post on similar fires

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⚠️BreakingNews #ArsonAttack on Golders Green #London Jewish volunteer ambulance service

I gave invited expert testimony to @LondonAssembly #Arson inquiry last year (+20mins on link below)

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Arrests made after 'Iranian' man and woman attempt to enter Faslane Naval Base The incident happened on Thursday (March 19) around 5pm at the Faslane site.

A) good luck with that - doubt they’d get very far

B) time to dust ofd war time and asymmetric threat assessments

Arrests made after 'Iranian' man and woman attempt to enter Faslane Naval Base | Glasgow Live

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Car set alight in shopping centre after designer clothes ram raid Police are looking for four men involved in the break in at Almondvale Shopping Centre in Livingston.

#ArsonPrevention - whens the last time you did a threat assessment & reviewed mitigation measures

Car set alight in shopping centre after designer clothes ram raid - BBC News

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Car torched after armed robbery at Scottish shopping centre A car was torched after ramming into a shopping centre during an armed gang robbery

Car torched after armed robbery at Scottish shopping centre

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Blaze kills three, destroys two factories in Banting industrial area PETALING JAYA: Four factories in an industrial area along Jalan 5, Kampung Olak Lempit, Banting, were affected by a fire on Wednesday night (Jan 15), with two destroyed.

Fire kills three at a major blaze in the heart of Malaysia, Kuala Langat District

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⚠️ #BreakingNews #MajorFire #GlasgowCentral

@scotgov announces a ministerial board, set-up to coordinate the government’s response to the Glasgow Union Corner Fire

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#glasgowcentral #norrywilson | Stephen Mackenzie Thanks @ScotlandTonight with @RealMacKaySTV for invited comments on the #GlasgowCentral Fire Appearing alongside #NorryWilson @LostGlasgow Known issues in Glasgow Historic Buildings, but we have mo...

Thanks @ScotlandTonight with @RealMacKaySTV for invited comments on #GlasgowCentral Fire

Appearing alongside #NorryWilson @LostGlasgow

Known issues in Glasgow Historic Buildings, but we have modern fire suppression to combat: who controls the station & pays is key

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You are the first and only person requesting such

the post stands as it is broadly posted on main stream and social media.

#MajorFire #GlasgowCentral

Thanks to @STVNews @RealMacKaySTV @stvsharon for having me on 6 O’clock News Tuesday 10 March 2026

Key question following first minister - why did the fire spread from the retail unit & result in full building loss.

I am truly sorry for the life loss but the footage is of a legitimate late stage incident

It forms part of long standing work on #arsonprevention & posted to help raise awareness.

This is in the hope we can prevent the next and the next and the next life loss or injury.

Westmeath parishes ‘shaken’ by arson attacks on two Catholic churches A parish spokesperson said ‘cloths were laid across the front door of the church and diesel oil was poured over them before being set alight’.

⚠️ #ArsonUpdate

Two Westmeath Catholic parishes have been left 'very shaken' by separate arson attacks on churches over the weekend

A spokesperson said 'cloths were laid across the front door and diesel oil was poured over them before being set alight'

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⚠️ #Update #Arson #FatalIncident

Reports suggest Six people dead and five injured in Switzerland after a man reportedly doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on board.

The horror unfolded in Kerzers, in Switzerland’s Fribourg canton.

⚠️ #BreakingNews #Arson #ArsonPrevention

Sad news from Switzerland - man set fire to a bus and reports of six people killed - see posted tweet.

Behind the scenes i have been working on #ArsonPrevention key links ⬇️

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Union Street fire: what we know and what happens now Offshore owners and small businesses reel after 12 hours of destruction

#MajorFire #GlasgowCentral

Thanks @CalumG_FPC @theglasgowbell for opportunity to comment on the Union Street fire

This fire was sadly predictable & preventable - full deaila in my twitter long thread x.com/globalfirefo...

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⚠️ #MajorFire #GlasgowCentral

Latest drone footage tonight from Glasgow - the fire has spread around the corner + impacting the station itself

The key concern will be the safety of fire fighters & salvage of Glasgows Central Station

Press DMs open for fire expert views

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⚠️ BreakingNews #MajorFire #GlasgowCity

Eye witness reports indicate that the building & facade on Union Street has collapsed.

This is one of two side entrances to the station.

Now a protracted dangerous structure operations impacting a critical transport hub in the city

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⚠️ #Update #MajorIncident #GlasgowCityFire

From update reports the fire at Glasgow Central Station has consumed the building.

Traffic is at a standstill and surface trains to the city have been suspended

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Major blaze sees Glasgow Central Station closed as city grinds to halt A major fire last night sparked chaos for rail passengers and drivers last night after bringing Scotland's biggest city to a standstill.

#Majorfire #GlasgowCity another historic building ablaze following a fire / explosion in a vape shop

Key challenges for emergency services:

Hazardous material’s
Access issues
Hidden voids
Fire spread dynamics
Major transport hub

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TRT World on X: "A huge blaze engulfed the main building of Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security in the capital on March 8 after a reported drone attack, as the Kuwaiti military said it was confronting “hostile” missile and drone strikes https://t.co/YYfPt8AZ6J" / X A huge blaze engulfed the main building of Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security in the capital on March 8 after a reported drone attack, as the Kuwaiti military said it was confronting “hostile” missile and drone strikes https://t.co/YYfPt8AZ6J

Sadly post #Grenfell cladding hazards remain in many counties

Probability of a serious fire and hampered emergency services increases exponentially in a war zone

How many modern buildings are target hardened & how many client requirements includes threat assessments of such

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Russia was behind parcel fires in UK and Europe, investigators say The attacks, which involved self-igniting packages, targeted couriers in Poland, Germany and at a DHL depot in the UK in 2024.

#ArsonPrevention important case development in the backdrop of war in europe & now the middle east.

Time to revise arson threat assessments & reduction measures

Russia was behind parcel fires in UK and Europe, investigators say - BBC News

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Petition: Introduce 5yr Minimum Sentence for unlawfully carrying a Knife 3yrs Juveniles We've a knife crime epidemic with too many people carrying knives in public; As a serving police officer I tackled many offenders carrying a knife & once almost lost my life when stabbed in chest arre...

We support @NormanBrennan & the petition below for minimum sentencing to combat knife crime

Second to kill = life time regret

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⚠️ #HongKongFire #Majorincident

Full segment with @ZainAsher @cnnbrk

On scene reporters and eye witnesses accounts filtering through the grim details of this fire which should never have been

Entire Hong Kong Emergency Services & Civil Contingency apparatus is mobilising

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⚠️ Update #HongKong high-rise fire

Following early footage, I’m stunned that the fire has spread to 7/8 blocks with at-least 13 confirmed fatalities

Post #Grenfell this should not happen - continued use of Bamboo scaffold in Asia has now cumulated in lethal effect

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