Burns or scalds? Sweat under PPE can evaporate and scald. Or alternatively, steam from firefighting water scalding. Or (my favoured answer) someone who should have been monitoring the SSOW dozed off??????? Is there a prize for the right answer ?? :) Hope everyone recovers quickly as even 'minor' burns can be hellishly painful

Nasty! I am not sure about the burns (where were the burn injuries??), but scalding is very problematical with newer type kit from sweat. Have you experienced any such issues? I have had painful experience of these 'boil-in-a bag' type firefighting PPE The heat reflective qualities of modern materials used for this kit are impressive, but in some ways they insulate the wearer to ambient heat to such a degree that it's often steam from perspiration under the PPE that causes injuries rather than steam from hoses. Perhaps it's time for these so called integrated PPE solutions (all parts of the PPE are designed to work together to protect the wearer) to include underclothing. This would involve tee shirts, trousers and underwear (including socks). As much of this kit is procured by the cash strapped public sector, I cannot see any expensive improvements in the short term

The burns were on the arms, long sleeve tops may have prevented this in my opinion. Good comments but as well known, financial restraints always apply. If I was an F1 driver I would have the best PPE possible, however, one of many and not unique so get the best that is financially viable. Same applies to facilities; gas would be best but then maintenance costs come into the equation. Crib with wood is the cheaper option, not good but unfortunately manageable. I have to work with the tools provided and I still think that this could have been prevented with good risk management.