Fire Industry News for October 2022

A portable misting system installed by Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, in partnership with mental health charity Suffolk Mind, prevented a significant fire in a South Cambridgeshire home. The misting unit is designed to suppress a fire to prevent it from spreading throughout a property, similar in principle to a sprinkler system. A portable misting system is a self-contained unit and works differently, as it also helps with keeping property damage to a minimum while suppressing the fire...

Five new on-call firefighters have joined fire stations across Cambridgeshire after completing training. The latest group of on-call recruits passed out on Sunday (January 28) and are now serving their communities as firefighters around their work and home life. Showing outstanding commitment Group Commander Gary Mitchley, head of on-call at Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS), said: “We’re delighted to welcome five new recruits to CFRS. Being an on-call firefighter is a...

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) is excited to announce that it will be recruiting for wholetime firefighters to join fire stations across the county at the end of the month. People interested in becoming a wholetime firefighters will need to register online at the website and book a place on one of the upcoming information events. Registration opens at 10 am on January 29, 2018, and will stay open until midnight on March 8, 2018 – the day before the last information event, o...