WCoFF Fire News Desk
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Article Added: 16 Mar 2023
Working smoke alarms alerted occupants of a Peterborough house to a fire in their kitchen, allowing them to safely evacuate. Crews from Stanground and Dogsthorpe attended a house fire in Orton Goldhay last weekend (Sunday February 5). On arrival they were faced with thick smoke coming through the front door. Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus quickly entered the property and extinguishe…
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Article Added: 11 Mar 2023
Jonathan O'Neill OBE RIP Managiing Director of the Fire Protection Association: 1963-2023 It is with great sadness that the Fire Protection Association (FPA) has announced the death of its Managing Director, Jonathan O'Neill OBE, who passed away overnight on the 7th March after several years fighting illness. Jonathan was a long time member of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters. As Managi…
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Article Added: 17 Feb 2023
Fire officers from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service have been working with local property owners to help them understand new fire safety regulations. With the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 being introduced in January, those responsible for multi-occupied residential buildings are required to share more information about their premises in order to comply. Fire officers have been wo…
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Article Added: 12 Feb 2023
Residents across the county will soon be seeing brand new fire engines responding to emergencies as they are rolled out to stations. The first two fire engines, of the seven being introduced, have been rolled out to crews at St Neots and Dogsthorpe fire stations, where they are already in use. Over the coming weeks, the remaining five will be delivered to crews at Cambridge, Ely, Huntingdon, Stan…
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Article Added: 08 Feb 2023
Huntingdon firefighters are now responding from their new station having completed moving this morning (Wednesday 1 February). Firefighters took the final drive from the station on their nightshift, before handing over to the day crew who started their first shift from the station, with the on-call crew following shortly after. The new state-of-the-art station is located at 7 Percy Road i…
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Article Added: 08 Feb 2023
Huntingdon firefighters are now responding from their new station having completed moving this morning (Wednesday 1 February). Firefighters took the final drive from the station on their nightshift, before handing over to the day crew who started their first shift from the station, with the on-call crew following shortly after. The new state-of-the-art station is located at 7 Percy Road i…
