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South Yorkshire community groups to benefit from UK first fire service grant scheme

Thousands of South Yorkshire’s most vulnerable people will be made safer thanks to a £700,000 fire funding windfall. Nineteen charities, community groups and health partners have been awarded money under…

People with learning disabilities make lives safer via fire funded scheme

The lives of people with learning disabilities and autism have been made safer thanks to a nationally significant fire service funded education project. The scheme, believed to be the only…

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Fire service training partnership delivers life skills advice to Doncaster youngsters

Hundreds of South Yorkshire youngsters are being given vital life skills thanks to a unique partnership between the fire service and a Doncaster training provider. South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue…

Growth in electrical blazes revealed

A rise in electrical fires across South Yorkshire has been blamed on everything from phone chargers to e-cigs. Fire officers say that whilst nearly every type of fire has reduced…

Two new turntable ladders maintain South Yorkshire’s rich firefighting heritage

A century after Sheffield became the first fire service in the country to use a turntable ladder, the very latest vehicles to rescue people from height have come into service.…

Students come up roses for fire station garden project

Students have been putting their landscape gardening skills to the test by updating a community garden as part of their Prince’s Trust project. The students, from Outwood Academy have been…

Two new Sheffield fire stations open doors for first time

Two multi-million pound fire stations in Sheffield have opened and are responding to 999 calls for the first time. The stations at Parkway and Birley Moor will allow South Yorkshire…

Open water safety advice following lake rescue

Fire officers are asking the public to stay safe this summer by not risking their lives through swimming in open water. Firefighters had to rescue two men on Friday evening…

Firefighter success at Sheffield Academy

A firefighter has spent the past seven months working with pupils at a Sheffield academy to have a positive impact on their learning and behaviour. Retired firefighter Ian Foster spends…

Grass fire warning during hot weather

Fire crews are warning the public to take extra care during this week’s heat wave to avoid any accidental grass fires. During hot and dry weather the risk of grass…

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