WCoFF Fire News Desk
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is the first fire service in the UK to achieve the ISO 45001 accreditation with a 100 per cent pass rate. ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System is the world’s first International Standard for Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S). It was introduced in 2018 and replaces the previous British Standard of OHSAS 18001 in the organis ...
Cambridgeshire firefighters will be able to practice life-saving rescue techniques after a generous donation from Volvo Truck and Bus Centre in East Anglia. Firefighters regularly use vehicles such as motorbikes, cars and vans for road traffic collision training. Realising there was a need for training on larger vehicles in the service, Watch commander, Matt House initiated a relationship with Ro ...
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is looking for Emergency Call Handlers to join its Combined Fire Control. As the first port of call for emergency calls from residents and businesses across Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, the role is a key part of the Service, helping people in need of help while also sending fire engines and officers to their locations. The rewarding role involves helpi ...
Sent on behalf of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority has expressed huge disappointment at the news it has not been successful in its fight to prevent the transfer of governance of the fire and rescue service to the Police and Crime Commissioner. The outcome of the judicial review, which took place last month, was announced and the judge ...
With temperatures hitting significant highs of over 30°C this week, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service would like to remind residents of important outdoor fire safety and water safety advice. Station Commander Ed Miller, Community Risk Manager at Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: “We want to help ensure that people enjoy the warm weather while it’s here but there ...
A programme of free CPD seminars focusing on the lessons learnt from frontline operations will run at The Emergency Services Show this year at the NEC, Birmingham on 18 and 19 September. The Lessons Learnt Theatre, sponsored by UCLan, will feature case studies of major incidents including the Salisbury nerve agent incident, the recent wildfires on Winter Hill in Lancashire and the Ocado warehouse ...
