WCoFF Fire News Desk
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue (CFRS) has launched a new partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) to offer donor sessions at its fire stations. Earlier this month Wisbech Fire Station opened its doors to offer blood donor sessions to the local community. This was the first time NHSBT has teamed up with the fire service in Cambridgeshire to provide an innovative and cost saving solution a ...
On-call firefighters from Ampthill put out a serious house fire this morning in Maulden caused by someone smoking in bed. The fire left the upstairs of the property severely damaged. At 5.37 this morning (Friday 24 November 2017) Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Fire Control received a call from a personal alarm company who’d been contacted by a resident in Maulden whose bedro ...
Firefighters from Middlemoor Fire Station have been learning about the latest truck technology thanks to a visit from Evans Transport. Phil Metcalf-Boyen from Evans Transport said: "Hopefully it’s a benefit to Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service us being here today and explaining how one of our latest trucks operates. I’ve been demonstrating to the crew the best approach ...
Equipment and children’s toys collected for firefighters, their families and the wider community on the hurricane-stricken British Virgin Islands will be delivered in time for Christmas. Staff from a number of fire and rescue services answered the call from Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and Devon & Cornwall Police with the help of charity SAFE South West to collect eno ...
On Friday 10 November there were two serious road traffic collisions on the A421 between Bedford to St Neots ‘Black Cat’ roundabout and another in Luton. During National Road Safety Week (20-26 November) firefighters from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service will be focused on talking to drivers about their experiences of accidents on the A421, which is becoming an increasingly regu ...
The first new wholetime firefighters to join Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service for eight years have successfully completed their initial training. The 15 new starters, five of whom are women, have all passed the initial recruit training at the Severn Park Fire and Rescue Training Centre, Avonmouth. They will be joined by another 12 firefighters who have transferred from one of our ...
