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Ot­to Car­ring­ton

The stor­age of 225 brand-new breath­ing ap­pa­ra­tus (BA) sets has come un­der scruti­ny, af­ter fire­fight­ers raised con­cerns that the life-sav­ing equip­ment is be­ing kept in a “hot room,” spark­ing fears of dam­age and re­duced lifes­pan.

But Chief Fire Of­fi­cer Andy Hutchin­son has dis­missed these claims, telling Guardian Me­dia that the T&T Fire Ser­vice (TTFS) is fol­low­ing stan­dard stor­age pro­ce­dure.