WCoFF Fire News Desk
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority is proposing to increase its share of the council tax for 2023/2024 by 6.6 per cent, which for a Band D property equates to an additional £4.95 a year and £79.92 in total. With spiralling inflation affecting costs of supplies, energy, fuel, pay and everything else, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service was anticipating starting the 2023/ ...
Several fires in Peterborough city centre kept Dogsthorpe Blue Watch very busy in the early hours of Thursday morning. Having been called initially at around 2.30am to a fire in an alley next to a pub on Cowgate, they were then needed for six further fires around Cathedral Square, King Street and Church Street. The most significant fire was at the back of a restaurant on Cathedral Square with the ...
Firefighters from around the county were kept busy while residents enjoyed Christmas Day. While families were exchanging presents, visiting loved ones and eating Christmas dinner, fire crews were needed for incidents like flooding and road traffic collisions to automatic fire alarms caused by cooking. Fire engines, crewed by wholetime watches as well as on-call firefighters, were called away fro ...
Residents are being urged to take simple steps to protect themselves from accidental fires and carbon monoxide poisoning as they look to keep warm and cut energy use this winter. As temperatures drop heading into the coldest part of the year, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is highlighting the potential risks of finding alternative, unsafe ways of heating and lighting their ho ...
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is looking for local residents and business owners to get involved in a new online feedback forum to share their views and opinions about?the work of their local fire and rescue service. They are asking people to register their details and agree to be sent one or two emails a month either with some simple questions to respond to, or on occasions, to re ...
Following research carried out on the availability of emergency cover, data indicated that Fire Service attendance times could be improved in Luton and Central Bedfordshire by moving one appliance from Luton Fire Station closer to the north of Luton. Due to Luton Ambulance Station being usefully located in this area, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and the East of England Ambulance Service ...
