Southwark’s borough fire commander Simon Tuhill has reassured local residents that they shouldn’t be alarmed if they see lots of fire engines at Harmsworth Quays this week.

In #Southwark borough we are planning two large scale training exercises. Both will be in Surrey Quays at a disused print works.

— Simon Tuhill (@LFB_BC_Camden) October 5, 2015

We start with an exercise using 6 fire engines on Wednesday. As a management team we are just putting the final touches on it.

— Simon Tuhill (@LFB_BC_Camden) October 5, 2015

We have tried to plan our training exercises to allow people from firefighter right up to senior officer level to be tested.

— Simon Tuhill (@LFB_BC_Camden) October 5, 2015

I will of course tweet some photos from Wed. If you're near #SurreyQuays Shopping Centre and see you lots of fire engines it's only us!

— Simon Tuhill (@LFB_BC_Camden) October 5, 2015