South Yorkshire firefighters will be practicing new procedures for responding to fires in high-rise blocks of flats, as part of work to adopt learning from incidents in tall buildings. South…

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Authority (SYFRA) has appointed a new Chief Fire Officer. Chris Kirby was appointed following a selection process which included a written application, interview with members…

All high-rise residential buildings in South Yorkshire have now been inspected by the county’s fire service, as part of a mammoth Government-backed project. The team of inspectors, made up of…

Young people across South Yorkshire are being given the opportunity to change their lives in the New Year, thanks to the county’s police and fire services. South Yorkshire Police and…

Firefighters across South Yorkshire are urging people to put smoke alarm testing at the top of their Christmas preparation list, as the big day draws closer. The plea comes following…

Fire officers have welcomed the conviction of a man who started a fire outside flats in Rotherham. Alex Teasdale, of Meadow Close, Dalton, was sentenced to 46 months in prison…

A former South Yorkshire firefighter who went on to strike gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has formally opened a new fire station in Barnsley. Gavin Walker, aged 38,…

South Yorkshire’s fire service has become the first in the country to test the connectivity from its control room to a new national network which will transform the way emergency…

South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue is once again calling for people in Askern, Rossington, Stocksbridge, Dearne, Birley and Cudworth to join their on-call firefighting teams. Despite two hugely successful recruitment…