The Fire Fighters Charity are launching an urgent appeal for new donors after their usual fundraising income has fallen by around £200,000 a month during the lockdown period. It costs £10 million a year, every year, to keep their doors open and enable them to support the mental, physical and…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service covers ten Local Authorities in South Wales: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan. You can check your Local Authority here. If you live in these areas, take our quick and easy test! Self…
Concerns have been raised with more people at home during the pandemic, there is a higher chance of becoming distracted at home whilst cooking. Latest figures have revealed fires starting in the kitchen are at their highest level in South Wales for the past three years, with cooking being the…
Strategic Performance Indicators It is important that we evaluate our performance to ensure that we are as efficent and effective as possible. Therefore we set annual tragets against Welsh Government’s Strategic Indicators and monitor our performance against these during the year. Our projections for 2024-2025 is based on an evaluation…
We do not advise anyone to burn any rubbish or garden waste. It’s best to recycle household waste or compost garden waste. Please contact your local authority for information on collections and recycling centres, or visit Wales Recycles. There are no set times when you can or cannot have fires.…
Yesterday evening, (approximately, 7:45pm on the 11th June 2020) South Wales Fire and Rescue Service received reports of a fire at a property in Dunraven Street in Tonypandy. Multiple crews attended the scene and were face with a well-developed fire within a three storey premises. Firefighters worked to extinguish the…
The number of accidental drowning deaths in Wales is continuing to fall, new data from the National Water Safety Forum (NWSF) show. Latest figures from the Water Incident Database (WAID), which is maintained by the NWSF, reveal that there were 20 deaths in water in Wales from accidents or natural…
