The Service acknowledges the Welsh Government statement in Plenary today and welcomes the scrutiny and direction that will be provided by the four appointed Commissioners – Baroness Debbie Wilcox, Kirsty Williams, Vijith Randeniya and Carl Foulkes. We would like to reassure the public and all staff that we would never…
Welsh fire and rescue services, such as ourselves, provide a programme of road safety initiatives to help reduce the Fatal 5 – the five most significant factors which lead to death and serious injury in road traffic collisions in Wales. Fire and rescue road safety initiatives are operated by staff…
What is an Incident Report? An Incident Report is completed after South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (“SWFRS”) attends an incident. Incidents include fires, road traffic collisions, false alarms, and other emergencies such as flooding, assisting other agencies, rescues from height etc. Any reports that might be made to our…
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Incident update 10:35 20 January 2024 South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS), alongside South Wales Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), attended an incident at Bridgend Industrial Estate yesterday evening at approximately 20.30hrs. On arrival, crews were faced with a well-developed fire at…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority voted on 15 January 2024 to accept all 82 recommendations of the Independent Culture Review Report, as recommended by the Service. The Authority also agreed to create a Culture Review Implementation Committee, to oversee the development and delivery of the Action Plan and…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (“SWFRS”) is committed to operating in an open and transparent manner. This includes providing information in accordance with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) model publication scheme, in compliance with our obligations under Section 19 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 SWFRS Publication Scheme…
Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway QFSM chose to commission an Independent Culture Review into South Wales Fire and Rescue Service in December 2022, amidst media reports around abusive behaviour from current and ex-colleagues of the Service. The Independent Culture Review covers the culture within the Service, our disciplinary processes and…
Fenella Morris KC has confirmed that the Independent Culture Review will be received and published by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service on Wednesday 3rd January 2024. More specific details and timings will be communicated in due course.
Recently, the Welsh Government published its fire and rescue incident statistics: April 2022 to March 2023 report, which includes analysis of incidents attended by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. The statistics, which are sourced from the Home Office’s Incident Recording System (IRS), include information on all incidents, fire-related fatalities,…
