Fire Kit Protected

Emergency kit stored on fire engines belonging to the Midlands Volunteer Fire Service has been marked with SelectaDNA after a series of costly thefts.

Thermal imaging equipment has been stolen as well as hydraulic cutters and spreaders and portable pumps.

Volunteer fireman Dennis Coleman said: “These items of equipment are essential pieces of kit. Marking them gives us some extra security and the reassurance that if they are stolen again, police will be able to trace them back to us.”