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Welcome to Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service's Website
Creating Safe and Secure Communities
Action ward Whitehaven

Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service contributes towards creating a safe and secure community within the county.  The organisation strives, with our partners, to educate the people of Cumbria to help prevent fire and road related deaths and injuries.  This will be achieved through identifying and working particularly with those groups who are most at risk ensuring that appropriate safety measures are in place.  When called to an emergency the fire and rescue service will utilise best operational practice to minimise injury and loss.  Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service is an integral part of the Safer and Stronger Communities Directorate of Cumbria Council Council.  To find out more about the County Council please follow the link Cumbria County Council (opens in a new window)

RiskSmart in Partnership with Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service - Click here for further information.

INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN (IRMP)   

Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service has completed a twelve week consultation on the proposals set out in the latest IRMP Action Plan. The document can be viewed by c licking here 

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to respond.  A letter outlining the outcomes has been sent to all those who responded and a copy can be viewed by clicking here

Service Plan 2009-10

The Service Plan for 2009-10 is now available on this website.   The Service Plan is not a plan in isolation and it feeds into the Safer and Stronger Directorate Plan and the Council Plan.   The plan is also supported by Locality, Department and Station Plans. The plan is a living document and is subject to revision through its lifetime.   To access the Plan click here

News Release

Winners crowned at fire and rescue service awards.  For more details click here. (opens in a new window)

Prince's Trust team dig deep to build sensory garden in Penrith. For more details click here. (opens in a new window)

Firefighters team up with local libraries to target communities. For more details click here. (opens in a new window)

Fire advice for Cumbrian boat owners. For more details click here. (opens in a new window)

Land Rovers roll in to battle wildfires.  For more details and application form click here. (opens in a new window)

Fire safety tips for Salterbeck.  For more details click here. (opens in a new window)

Cumbria Fire & Rescue figures show big improvements.  For more details click here. (opens in a new window)

New website launched for Appleby Fair.  For more details and application form click here. (opens in a new window)

We currently do not have any vacancies for Regular Firefighters.  The next recruitment campaign will be advertised on this Web site when we begin the next campaign.

Pride in Cumbria

'Pride in West Cumbria' is an initiative developed by the West Cumbria Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership to increase the awareness of partnerships working in West Cumbria; and in doing so the campaign will focus on those safer and stronger issues, activities and initiatives which make a difference to the lives of people living, working and visiting West Cumbria. Click here for more details www.timesandstar.co.uk/pride

The campaign has received a letter of support from Gordon Brown the Prime Minister and both our local MPs, Tony Cunningham and Jamie Reed.

Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service provide FREE  Home Fire Safety Visits, fitting FREE smoke alarms where applicable. To book your FREE visit at a time to suit yourself call freephone 0800 358 4777

Fire gateway (link opens in a new window)

The Fire Gateway, developed by the Government in partnership with the Fire & Rescue Authorities to give easier access to services, help improve community safety and save lives has now been launched.

As well as providing easy online links to local Fire and Rescue Services, the Fire Gateway also has a wide range of fire-related advice and links to useful sites..

Visit the Fire Gateway online (opens in a new window)

Investors In People (link opens in a new window)
Positive About Disabled People (link opens in a new window)
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Recent Incidents
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Kitchen Fire (Eden)
At 1645 hours on Friday 3rd July 2009, 2 appliances from Penrith along with Group Manager Sowerby, attended a kitchen fire at Windsor Drive,Penrith....
Rescue of persons (South Lakeland)
At 1625 hours 1 appliance Coniston, 1 appliance Ambleside along with Station Officer Maguire attended Coppermines Valley, Coniston....
Property Fire (South Lakeland)
At 1119 hours on Monday 29 June 2009, 1 appliance from Staveley, 1 appliance Kendal along with Station Manager Brodie attended reports of a property fire on Seedfield, Staveley....
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