WCoFF Fire News Desk
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Article Added: 07 Nov 2025
Pass out parade celebrates latest Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service firefightersYesterday (Thursday 2 October) Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service celebrated 23 On-Call and three Fire Control Firefighters having successfully completed their rigorous training courses. The additions to the Team BedsFire family took part in a traditional pass out parade at Kempston fire station in front of proud …
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Article Added: 04 Nov 2025
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has been shortlisted for the Resilience and Learning from Major Incidents Award at this year’s Excellence in Fire and Emergency Awards, run by FIRE magazine. This category recognises Services that have strengthened resilience and improved how learning from major incidents is captured and embedded. During the past year, our operat…
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Article Added: 23 Oct 2025
The Spirit of St Florian’s Banquet 2025 In the heart of the City of London, the Worshipful Company of Firefighters gathered at Innholders’ Hall for its annual St Florian’s Banquet — an evening where service, fellowship, and family met in perfect harmony. Beneath the gleam of chandeliers and the sound of a harp’s first delicate notes, Masters and Wardens in their sca…
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Article Added: 30 Jul 2025
A State-of-the-art mobilisation system has gone live at Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service to improve reliability, speed and resilience. The Service completed the major upgrade to its station end equipment across all 14 of its fire stations, replacing legacy turnout equipment. The install marks the full retirement of systems that, in some cases, had been in place for more than 40 years. The…
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Article Added: 27 Jul 2025
The fire service is reminding communities to be prepared ahead of thunderstorms and heavy rain forecast for the coming days. The Met Office has issued yellow and amber weather warnings for Bedfordshire, with heavy rainfall anticipated in the early hours of Saturday (19 July) and thunderstorms throughout the weekend. Group Commander Lee Slipanczewski said: “There is a chance of surface wate…
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Article Added: 27 Jul 2025
Smokers and those who care for people who smoke are being reminded of simple ways to prevent fires. In 2024/25 Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service attended 20 accidental house fires caused by carelessly discarded smoking materials and has already been to nine since April this year. Head of Prevention for Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Steve Sugars said: “On averag…
