Fire crews and paramedics have been issued with bullet proof vests amid growing fears over a Paris-style gun attack on the UK, it was claimed tonight. Emergency response teams have also been given training in how to cope with a 'marauding' attack by Islamist fanatics which spreads across the country and lasts for days. It comes amid warnings that the threat from home-grown terrorists is at its highest level since 9/11 - with Home Secretary Theresa May revealing today that at least three serious terror plots have been foiled recently. Scroll down for video The Home Secretary said the UK's anti-terror agencies were increasingly powerless to tracking British-based fanatics
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Emergency teams  given training in how to cope with a 'marauding' attack
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Comes after Theresa May said police needed new powers to track fanatics
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Mrs May slammed Lib Dems for blocking bill to let spooks monitor emails
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She said 'innocent lives' being put at risk by failure to agree new powers
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Anti-terror police practising for Paris-style attacks in Britain, she reveals
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Mrs May told MPs an unannounced terror attack on UK was 'highly likely'
'Following an intelligence update, they discussed the @placeholder's preparedness for similar incidents.