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Volunteers’ Week – Mackenzie’s Story

1st June 2020
Volunteers’ Week – Mackenzie’s Story

My parents met in the fire service, so I’ve grown up with it, and been around it all my life. When I was 13 I became a Fire Cadet, and then a Volunteer at 16. In July 2019 I earned an Outstanding Achievement award for my active volunteering. I enjoy…
Smoke Alarms Save Lives – House Fire, Dinas Powys

29th May 2020
Smoke Alarms Save Lives – House Fire, Dinas Powys

This morning, Friday the 29th of May 2020 South Wales Fire and Rescue Service received a call following the activation of a smoke alarm at a residential property in Murch, Dinas Powys. Firefighters from Penarth and Cardiff Central worked to extinguish the fire using a range of specialist equipment. One person…
Partnership Working Stops 10 Hectare Wildfire in Caerphilly Doubling in Size

19th May 2020
Partnership Working Stops 10 Hectare Wildfire in Caerphilly Doubling in Size

The Wildfire Team at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service have been using specialist techniques to help prevent wildfires from spreading and destroying Welsh countrysides. In recent weeks our crews have attended over 500 deliberately set wildfires, which not only put our firefighters lives in danger but can spread dangerously…
Treharris Fire Station Install New Defibrillator for the Local Community

18th May 2020
Treharris Fire Station Install New Defibrillator for the Local Community

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service’s Treharris Fire Station have recently had a new defibrillator installed for the local community. The defibrillator which is a joint initiative in conjunction with the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) and Treharris’ local councillor, Gareth Richards, has been attached to the exterior wall of…
Sprinkler Awareness Week

15th May 2020
Sprinkler Awareness Week

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) National Sprinkler Week campaign. The campaign will run from Monday 18th to 24th May and will raise awareness of the benefits of sprinkler systems in keeping people and buildings safer from fire as we encourage people…
Operation Dawns Glaw

28th April 2020
Operation Dawns Glaw

Fire Services across Wales have been faced with an increase in deliberate grass fires this April caused by a mixture of anti-social behaviour, householders burning refuse waste and a number of farmers and landowners burning grassland outside the permitted winter burn dates. Operation Dawns Glaw is an all-Wales multi-agency task…
Message of Thanks

20th April 2020
Message of Thanks

THANK YOU The Fire & Rescue Services, Police and partner agencies across Wales, would like to thank members of the public who have contacted us to identify and report those responsible for setting illegal fires in their communities. The information provided has been vital in enabling us to seek convictions…
Large Grassfire in Wattsville affects 80 Hectares of Grassland and Forestry

16th April 2020
Large Grassfire in Wattsville affects 80 Hectares of Grassland and Forestry

At lunchtime yesterday (15th April 2020), we received reports of a large grass fire at the rear of Black Vein Industrial Estate, Wattsville. Upon arrival, the crews were faced with a fire spreading quickly to affect 80 hectares of grassland and forestry. Over the duration of the incident South Wales…
We’re “Ready Willing and Able”

15th April 2020
We’re “Ready Willing and Able”

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is taking part in the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) “Ready Willing and Able” campaign which launched today (15th April), and shows how fire and rescue services in the UK are continuing to protect and support their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Firefighters and…
Introducing Sbarc!

14th April 2020
Introducing Sbarc!

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service would like to introduce their new friend Sbarc! Sbarc will help spread messages to young children on the dangers of playing with fire and how to keep safe in your home and in your community. In the Summer of 2019, the three Welsh Fire…

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