Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service News

Fire service leaders, medical experts, HR professionals and those affected by menopause gathered at The Rep (Birmingham Repertory Theatre), in central Birmingham last week for the NFCC’s first Menopause in Fire conference. The NFCC Menopause in Fire conference, which took place on Thursday, 21 September, 2023, offered a unique opportunity for colleagues within the fire and rescue sector to learn more about the menopause by hearing from medical experts, keynote speakers and those who share...

Following the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) Culture and Inclusion Conference on 27 and 28 March 2023 and the spotlight report from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) entitled ‘Values and culture in fire and rescue services’, released on 30 March 2023, the NFCC has developed a Culture Action Plan to address culture and inclusion within the fire and rescue sector. NFCC’s fire and rescue services protect the pub...

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) will be joining fire services across the United Kingdom (UK) to celebrate and recognize the incredible work women across fire and rescue services carry out every day. This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity, promoting a gender equal world, free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. NFCC supports fire services to be inclusive The National Fire Chiefs Council want to see more women and people from d...

Responding to reports regarding culture in the fire and rescue service, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has reiterated that the behaviors outlined are wholly unacceptable, making it clear there is no place for harassment, bullying or discrimination in any workplace. NFCC is committed to working with all fire and rescue services to support open and inclusive workplace cultures. NFCC supports an open and inclusive workplace culture I am appalled by the recent reports into behaviors and...

A hotel company has been ordered to pay £16,590 in fines and costs for breaching fire safety regulations and potentially putting lives at risk. Union and Western Hotels Ltd, the company that runs the Union Hotel in Penzance, has been fined after pleading guilty to failing to meet fire safety regulations.  fire safety failings It comes after a fire safety inspection, conducted in October 2020, saw officers from Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) uncover several fire safet...

Fire officers in Cornwall have responded to the increasing frequency of wildfires and flash floods by commissioning an extreme off-road Mercedes-Benz Unimog that can be kitted out to tackle both types of incidents and much more besides.   The ultra-high mobility Unimog UHE will transport mission-specific ‘pods’, each packed with specialist equipment. 4x4 chassis These are the work of prime contractor Emergency One (UK), of Cumnock, Ayrshire, a manufacturer of appliances...

The UK Minister for Building Safety and Fire, Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, has hosted a virtual meeting with apprentices from across UK fire and rescue services to mark National Apprenticeship Week. Eight fire service employees, who are currently undertaking or have recently completed apprenticeships in a variety of disciplines, were invited to join a virtual meeting with the Minister on Thursday, February 10, 2022. Virtual meeting They spoke about their fire service journey so far and how the ap...

Firefighters across Cornwall are wearing brand new PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), procured through the UK Collaborative PPE Framework.  All 560 firefighters in the county have been equipped with two sets of new gold-colored structural coats and trousers, along with flash hoods, and a set of both structural and rescue gloves. Structural PPE The new PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), designed and manufactured by Bristol Uniforms, benefits from the very latest in fiber and fabric tec...

The Heathrow Airport Fire & Rescue Service is now able to tackle a broad range of incidents more quickly and efficiently after commissioning a pair of highly specialized domestic response units based on Mercedes-Benz chassis. The Sprinter 519 CDI chassis cabs were supplied by Dealer Rossetts Commercials to Rosenbauer UK, a subsidiary of the Austrian group that is one of the manufacturers of firefighting equipment. Replacements for a single 18-tonne domestic appliance, the new vehicles offer...

The collaboration allows Cornwall’s Control Room to receive calls and dispatch resources on behalf North Yorkshire North Yorkshire and Cornwall Fire and Rescue Authorities have approved a business case for the two Fire and Rescue Services to share a single mobilising system within their Control Rooms. Both Services have their own control room, with the North Yorkshire one being based in Northallerton. Currently all 999 calls received by the emergency operators are direc...

As part of his Fellowship, Andy qualified as a swiftwater powerboat and jet-ski operator Andy Reynolds, a firefighter with Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service, has just returned from a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship (www.wcmt.org.uk) in North America. During six weeks, he attended flood and swiftwater rescue training, and visited Fire and Sheriffs’ Departments and volunteer rescue teams from California, Texas, North and South Carolina, New York and British Columbi...

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service had to identify a suitable replacement for the current equipment Draeger breathing apparatus and associated equipment will soon be going live at Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.  Fully covered by Draeger’s Total Care servicing package, this innovative kit will arrive in two phases, starting with 220 Draeger PSS 7000 Breathing Apparatus sets complete with voice amplification and FPS 7000 Face Masks.  Bringing...