Every year, firefighters undergo various training exercises to assess their capability at incidents and to revalidate key operational skills, not just in attending fires, but also road traffic collisions, water rescues and flooding, as well as incidents involving hazardous material. Over the summer months crews from Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) have been running …
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New CPR dolls to help deliver ‘lifesaving’ training skills
New portable mannequins will help to ensure that lifesaving resuscitation skills can be taught more easily across Northamptonshire. The new mannequins will be available for the Prevention team at Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service to use at community organisations and events, and will also be used by the Emergency Services Cadets to teach young people …
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Chief Fire Officer’s annual report records a ‘year like no other’
The Chief Fire Officer of Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, Darren Dovey, has published his annual report, which is a record of ‘a year like no other’ that showed the ‘fire service at its best’. As the covid 19 pandemic took over the life of the country, the impact was felt across the fire service …
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Arson Task Force helping to tackle anti-social behaviour in Northamptonshire
Anti-social behaviour awareness week is all about highlighting how we are helping to make communities safer – and the Arson Task Force is doing just that here in Northamptonshire. Set up in 2004, the Arson Task Force (ATF) is a joint partnership between Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue Service and Northamptonshire Police. “Our aim is to …
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Water safety advice at a sunny Rushden Lakes
Crews from Rushden and Wellingborough were on hand this weekend to offer water safety advice at a sunny Rushden Lakes. A pump from both stations, and the water rescue boat from Wellingborough, made the short trip to the shopping and leisure complex on Saturday – with firefighters and prevention staff on hand to dish out …
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Desborough Open Day to welcome potential new recruits
Desborough residents can find out whether they have what it takes to become a firefighter at a recruitment Open Day. Desborough Fire Station, on King Street, is welcoming guests to drop in on July 27 between 2pm and 6pm who want to find out more about what being an on-call firefighter can look like. Northamptonshire …
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Residents in Northamptonshire are being urged to pay close attention to their ‘white goods’ home appliances
(stock image) At 10.56pm on Saturday (July 3) fire crews from The Mounts and Moulton were called to an address in Brixworth after a tumble dryer caught fire. Although the fire was out on arrival, a 78-year-old man was assessed by EMAS after suffering from smoke inhalation. While at the premises, crews fitted two smoke …
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Fire at Scarborough Walk Corby (29/6/21)
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service have been called today at 2.30pm to a residential property fire on Scarborough Walk, Corby. Two crews from Corby, and one each from Kettering and Rothwell are currently at the scene of the fire, which is believed to have started in a ground floor flat. Crews have extinguished the fire …
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Firefighters attend motorhome gas blast
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service were called today at 1.20pm to what was reported as vehicle fire on A14 eastbound between Junction 13 and 15. On arrival, crews from Raunds and Thrapston found a couple parked in a layby with their motorhome. There was no fire, but obvious damage to the vehicle. The couple had …
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Working smoke alarms help crews save Irthlingborough house after kitchen fire
Firefighters are urging homeowners to make sure that they check that all appliances are shut off before they leave their property – and that there are working smoke alarms in their homes. This afternoon (June 15) at 2.35pm, crews from the fire stations at Irthlingborough and Wellingborough attended a house fire in Irthlingborough. The homeowner …