WCoFF Fire News Desk
Halloween and Bonfire Night can be plenty of fun for all of the family to enjoy, but with lots of potential hazards, it’s really important to keep you and your family safe. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is encouraging people to enjoy the autumn festivities safely by following some simple safety advice. Group Commander Paul Clarke, the Service’s head of Community Fire Safety, ...
LFB Fire Cadet Awards On October 11 the LFB Community Fire Cadets Awards Ceremony, for the Cadet voted the top student in their group, took place in the Great Hall of the Wax Chandlers’ Hall. Our Master, Frances Blois, introduced the event and Upper Warden Graham Maltby, Chairman of our Charitable Trust, gave a brief overview of the involvement of the Trust in supporting the Cadet moveme ...
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS), has partnered with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Pharmacies, Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council Public Health, and Anglia Ruskin University, to launch a joint campaign to raise awareness of the fire risk of emollients. In Cambridgeshire, the use of emollien ...
Peterborough firefighters were buzzing to help a local project to enhance the environment for bees. Last week (Monday September 23) firefighters from Green Watch at Dogsthorpe Fire Station attended an environmental initiative called Jimmy’s Bee’s at the newly built Connect Park in Millfield, Peterborough. The crew joined volunteers from the community to dig the grass up, sew and plan ...
The Worshipful Company of Firefighters congratulates Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton on her appointment as Chief Fire Officer of WSFRS. Dr Cohen-Hatton has 18 years’ experience in fire and rescue services, having started her career as a firefighter with the South Wales Fire & Rescue Service. She has served as Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the London Fire Brigade and during her career has b ...
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is reminding local householders to ensure their chimney is fire safe as part of National Chimney Fire Safety Week (Monday 2 to Sunday 8 September 2019). Chimney Fire Safety Week was first introduced in 2009 and aims to raise awareness of safe chimney and log burner use, including the importance of ensuring that chimneys are swept regularly, are clean ...