Laura Boocock

Calderdale District Commander, West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service

Laura Boocock is the Calderdale District Commander of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Prior to her current role, she was the group manager of National Resilience Assurance Team. Boocock completed her education at the Lancaster University.

News mentions

WYFRS Attends Emergency Services Day At The Piece Hall, Halifax

Crowds were given the chance to meet emergency service workers and see the vital work they do to keep the people of Yorkshire safe. Emergency Services Day at The Piece Hall in Halifax on Sunday...

Service’s Most Senior Female Firefighter Calls For More Women To Join Up

Over a fourteen-year career, Laura Boocock, 39, has progressed through the ranks to the position of Calderdale District Commander, which means she currently holds the highest rank ever as a female fir...

WYFRS Raises Warning On Fifteenth Anniversary Of Teenage Driver’s Death

Fifteen years on from the death of a West Yorkshire teenager, a hard-hitting roadshow warned youngsters to be careful when getting behind the wheel. The Calderdale Road Safety Roadshow, organiz...

'Heroic' Firefighters Thanked As Arsonist Given Life Sentence

Aaron Foster, aged 20, of Stanningley Drive in Mixenden, was sentenced at Bradford Crown Court for starting separate blazes at Ash Green Primary School earlier this year and at Mixenden Library in Aug...

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service Attends The Emergency Services Day Event

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service attended the Emergency Services Day event, as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend celebrations, held at Halifax Piece Hall. Colleagues from Nort...

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service Makes Final Preparations For Celebrations At Halifax Piece Hall

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service is making final preparations for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend celebrations, to be held at Halifax Piece Hall, where crews will take part in an Emerge...

Illingworth Fire Station To Stage Charity Car Wash

Crews at Illingworth Fire Station will hold a charity car wash on Sunday 6 February, in order to raise money for Ash Green School Community Fund. Money raised will be matched by Halifax Bank an...