WCoFF Fire News Desk
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is pleased to announce it has entered into a partnership with Papworth Trust as part of the Primary Authority Scheme (PAS). The partnership means that CFRS will support Papworth Trust on all fire safety matters across their premises in East Anglia. Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity that support thousands of p ...
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has introduced a new daytime contract to help attract more people to become on-call firefighters. The new contract allows people to be available to respond to emergencies from just 24 hours a week, for example while working at their regular day job. This will help increase the availability of fire engines during the day around the county. The new contract i ...
Throughout December firefighters across the county got in the festive spirit and raised money for charity as part of their annual Christmas sleigh rides and events. With the help of friends, family and volunteers, crews at Yaxley, Linton, Littleport, Cambridge and Thorney have organised sleigh rides and Christmas visits to raise £7263 for The Fire Fighters Charity, a national charity that s ...
ORDERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE King George V created these honours during World War I to reward services to the war effort by civilians at home and servicemen in support positions.The ranks are Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE) and Member (MBE).They are now awarded for prominent national or regional roles and to those making distinguished or notable contributions in their own specific areas of a ...
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is seeking feedback on its plan for the next four years. All fire and rescue services have to produce a document called an Integrated Risk Management Plan which contains information about its local community, the risks and opportunities the Service faces and how it plans to manage them. This culminates in a list of priorities that the Service will focus on o ...
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabularies and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has released the final set of fire and rescue service inspection scores, confirming that Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is one of the best in the country. The Inspectorate has spent the last 18 months assessing all fire and rescue services and has done so in three tranches. Cambridgeshire was one of ...