Protecting Manchester’s Past: Live Fire Training at Gorton Monastery
Few buildings in Greater Manchester carry the architectural and cultural weight of Gorton Monastery, a Victorian Gothic masterpiece once described as the “Manchester Taj Mahal”. Designed by E. W. Pugin and completed in 1867, the Grade II* listed site has survived abandonment, vandalism, near collapse and remarkably, a sale for just £1 in the 1990s […]
North West Fire Training Ltd has a blast from the past!
We recently received an enquiry for onsite fire training from the Sea Cadets in Chorley. Each Sea Cadet establishment takes its name from a ship, using the prefix ‘TS’ (Training Ship) rather than HMS. Steve Wilcock MD at NWFT served in the Fleet Air Arm as a Sea Harrier Mechanic in the early 90s and […]
Marshal Eye App – cutting edge evacuation App
Steve Wilcock MD at North West Fire Training Ltd has spent the last 2.5 years developing a brand new to market Critical Incident Response App. During fire safety training sessions, one question kept cropping up time and again: “How do we stay resilient when so many people are now working from home?” When the pandemic […]
E-Bike Fires at an All-Time High
Recent figures from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) make for sobering reading: as of 28 September 2025, there have been 165 fires involving e-bikes and e-scooters in London — of which 134 were e-bike fires alone. That equates to an average of around 18 incidents per month. If that trend continues through the final quarter, […]