With many organised events cancelled, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service are preparing for a busier night than usual as people plan to celebrate in their own gardens. We are asking people not to take risks, putting additional pressures on our emergency services. We are asking everyone to please be…
International Control Room week is an international campaign to celebrate the life-saving and life-changing work of control room employees, and to acknowledge their strength and resilience. The week celebrates and raises awareness of the vital role played by control room teams dealing with traumatic and distressing situations on a daily…
Do you want to #BeMore and better serve your community? South Wales Fire and Rescue Service are calling for applicants from all walks of life to become On-Call Firefighter in Abergavenny. At South Wales Fire and Rescue Service our On-Call Firefighters come from all walks of life including homemakers, shopkeepers,…
Black History Month showcases the everyday heroes, innovations, and outstanding achievements made by People of Colour that shaped and improve life as we know it. BHM provides a great opportunity for us to educate and celebrate the history and contributions of our Black and Ethnic Minority community over the years.…
Our newest firefighter trainees kicked off their course with a brand new outdoor experience last week. For the very first time, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service Training and Development Team has taken their training programme into the great outdoors, incorporating the fantastic scenery in and around Parkwood Outdoors Activity…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service Wildfire Team this week welcomed firefighting colleagues from across the UK providing a four day training programme around the latest wildfire fighting techniques. Only weeks after the Team joined a UK-wide deployment to support international colleagues battling the recent wildfires in Greece, they took…
Today (Thursday September 23, 2021) marks the first Healthy Travel Wales day. The day is an opportunity for businesses and organisations to showcase how they encourage people to make more sustainable journeys. Across Wales, 50 leading organisations have signed up to one of the Healthy Travel Charters. South Wales Fire and…
The Festival of Rescue returned over the weekend (17th and 18th September) and after a challenging two days our South Wales Fire and Rescue Teams have returned with an outstanding result. The event saw 300 competitors from 25 UK Fire and Rescue Services showcase their lifesaving skills in and around…
In the early hours of Monday morning (13 September 2021) we received reports of a fire in a children’s playground in Trowbridge, Cardiff. A crew from Roath Station attended the scene and upon arrival they were faced with a fire that had spread across the park, causing significant damage to…
At approximately 9:39pm on the 4th of September 2021, we responded to reports of a large scale fire at a recycling plant in Kays And Kears Industrial Estate, Blaenavon. Firefighters were deployed to the scene to tackle the fire involving approximately 600 tonnes of recycled plastics. Due to the scale…
