Fire service launches business safety recruitment drive
A massive fire service recruitment drive aims to boost its work enforcing safety laws. South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue has today (Wednesday 7 July) launched a major new campaign calling…
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South Yorkshire firefighters to carry ‘smoke hoods’ to aid escapes
Firefighters in South Yorkshire have started carrying fire escape hoods to protect members of the public from toxic smoke at fires. The smoke hoods provide members of the public with…
Firefighters to start delivering vaccines across Sheffield
Firefighters from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue (SYFR) will be supporting Sheffield GP practices by delivering COVID-19 vaccines. This comes just over a month after a number of fire service…
Three South Yorkshire fire service staff named in national honours list
Three fire and rescue staff from South Yorkshire are named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021. Control room operator Jess Grayson has been awarded the British Empire Medal. She was…
Fire station to be base for new Ambulance response point
Ambulance crews have started responding to 999 calls from a fire station in Doncaster where a new local ambulance response point has been located. Following a year of planning and…
Services come together to offer blue light advice for road users
Fire services across Yorkshire are re-iterating their advice to road users on what to do when coming across blue light vehicles, with more cars now on the roads due to…
Fire service asks for public help with arson crack down
Firefighters across South Yorkshire are asking the public to help them crack down on deliberate fires across the county, by reporting incident details to a dedicated new fire line. In…
Joint fire and police vehicle workshops hailed a success
South Yorkshire’s police and fire services have hailed the success of a new joint facility for collision repairs- less than six months after opening. South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire…
Fire service makes water safety plea
South Yorkshire’s fire service is asking people to stay out of water this summer, unless they are part of an organised open water swimming group. The message comes as part…
New Barnsley fire station taking shape
A brand new, energy efficient station for Barnsley’s firefighters is taking shape. The former three-storey building on Broadway, Kingstone has been demolished and the steelwork for a new two storey,…