Water Safety Wales is urging parents to make sure their children know how to stay safe and enjoy the water this summer. Figures indicate that around 25 per cent of primary pupils leave school unable to swim, and experts fear that the enforced pool closures during the pandemic over the…
Every year, air pollution causes up to 36,000 deaths in the UK. Clean Air Day (17 June 2021) is the UK’s largest air pollution campaign. Its aim is to unite communities, businesses, schools and the health sector with a common goal of making the air cleaner and healthier for everyone. Air pollution affects your…
Water Safety Wales is urging people across the country to Respect the Water and reduce drowning this summer after a concerning increase in water-related deaths. The call comes as latest figures from the Water Incident Database (WAID) reveal that there were 25 deaths in Welsh waters from accidental drownings in 2020, up from 20 the previous year. It is the first time in five…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) National Sprinkler Week campaign. The campaign will run from Monday 17th to 23rd May and will raise awareness of the benefits of sprinkler systems in keeping people and buildings safer from fire as we encourage people…
ASSAULTS on emergency workers in Wales are on the rise, new data has revealed. More than 4,240 assaults were committed against emergency workers, including police, fire and ambulance crews, in the period April 2019 – November 2020, representing a monthly average increase from 202 in 2019 to 222 in 2020,…
Welsh Fire Services are calling for holiday home owners to take action with an expected rise in staycations. As the weather improves and the Covid-19 restrictions begin to ease, an increase in staycations is predicted with many choosing to holiday in Wales’ beauty hotspots. Fire Service’s across Wales are working…
Firefighters remain at scene Machen Mountain this morning in Caerphilly following a series of suspected deliberate grassfires. Multiple reports of fires on the mountain were received over the weekend with crews using specialist equipment in difficult terrain to tackle the flames which has now spread over 50 hectares of grassland.…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews have seen a rise in wildfires this weekend as they attended nearly 80 deliberate grass fires from Friday to Sunday. The majority of these fires have required the attendance of multiple appliances, use of critical equipment and the movement of resources. This usually…
As the current Covid-19 restrictions ease it is anticipated many will head to coastal locations and inland water beauty spots. In recent years more people died in the UK from accidental drowning than cyclists did on our roads. Almost six in ten (58%) of people who died as a result…
As we return to the new normal, during Register My Appliance Week South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is reminding households to look around their homes and register the more than 100 million older appliances that helped sustain and often entertain them through lockdown. Recent government research has revealed that…
