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New Northamptonshire Fire recruits celebrate Passing Out parade

The latest intake of wholetime firefighters for Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service have completed an intense period of training with their Passing Out parade at the Fire Service College. The 12 new apprentices had been welcomed to the Service back in April and underwent a two-week induction course in Northamptonshire before attending the College, which …

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More success for Northamptonshire firefighters in Challenge competition

The Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service team at the Welsh Firefighter Challenge are shown - all nine of them wearing blue shirts with the Fire Service logo on. Three of them in the middle are holding a flag with the words Northants FF Challenge Team, written over a Union Jack.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service continued its recent run of winning medals at the Welsh Firefighter Challenge. Taking place in Swansea over the weekend (June 3), the Welsh Firefighter Challenge is a regional sporting event for serving and retired firefighters. The event raises both awareness of the skills that firefighters need to keep communities safe, …

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Home fire safety visits offered to people living with dementia

Stock image of an older persons pair of hands holding a Fire safety in the home leaflet.

Feeling safe at home is something important to most people but, for those with dementia, achieving this has its own challenges. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is supporting Dementia Action Week (20th – 26th May) by encouraging people to sign up for a free home fire safety visit, which can help those with dementia …

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Twelve new firefighters welcomed to Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

Twelve new firefighters in all black uniform stood outside fires service HQ

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue has welcomed twelve new wholetime firefighters to the Service. The new firefighters have completed a two-week induction to the service where they were given the opportunity to learn about the organisation by spending time with different departments, including Prevention, Protection and Business Services. The new recruits have now gone to the …

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Young people taught practical firefighting skills to build confidence

Two young people in fire kit squirting a hose

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service have delivered a course designed to teach vital life skills to young people in Rushden.  Nine young people aged between 11-14 from RUSH 2The DEN Youth Club took part in a range of practical and classroom-based sessions designed to improve their relationship with uniformed emergency services.  Across three all-day sessions …

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Multi-agency exercise tests emergency services response to terrorist and chemical attack

Fire, Police and Ambulance services in Northamptonshire and neighbouring counties joined forces last week to test their joint response to a terrorist and chemical attack during a multi-agency training exercise at Silverstone circuit. Exercise Callicarpa, one of the largest training exercises of its kind in recent years, allowed the emergency services to test their strategic …

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Northamptonshire firefighter brings home medals from prestigious overseas competition

Dean Keeber, wearing a blue shirt with two red medals around his neck, poses with the United Kingdom flag next to a sign that says Aramco Firefighter Challenge, March 5-9, 2024 Dhahran Expo

A Northamptonshire firefighter has been flying the flag for his local Service in a prestigious competition in Saudi Arabia pitting firefighters from across the world against each other. Dean Keeber, a firefighter on Red Watch at Wellingborough, made the eight-hour flight to Dammam earlier this month to compete in the Aramco ‘Feel the Burn’ Firefighter …

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