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  • Penarth Fire Station partner with prestigious theatre group to raise awareness of water safety
    4th June 2024
    Penarth Fire Station partner with prestigious theatre group to raise awareness of water safety

    Penarth Fire Station is pleased to announce an extension of its partnership with local group Theatr na nÓg following the success of a recent community event held at Cardiff Bay.    A series of workshops and performances from the award-winning live action piece, ‘Just Jump’ will be repeated between 3rd –…

  • Members of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service demonstrated water safety techniques at Senedd event
    10th May 2024
    Members of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service demonstrated water safety techniques at Senedd event

    Members of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service demonstrated water safety techniques at Senedd event  In light of the shocking statistic that an average of 45 people drown in Wales every year, the Welsh Government has pledged its support to a vision of a Wales without drowning with the announcement…

  • UK Search and Rescue Teams gather for training exercises in South Wales
    3rd May 2024
    UK Search and Rescue Teams gather for training exercises in South Wales

    Last week, members of the UK’s domestic and international search and rescue teams came together to carry out highly specialised training in Wales’s capital city. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and International Search and Rescue (ISAR) teams are typically deployed in the wake of events such as natural disasters or…

  • Hunt is on for our new Chief Officer
    2nd May 2024
    Hunt is on for our new Chief Officer

    The search has started to find an exceptional Chief Officer to lead South Wales Fire and Rescue Service through a period of significant cultural and organisational change, and to re-establish the Service’s reputation as an employer of choice and trusted community partner.   The four Commissioners for South Wales Fire…

  • United Kingdom Rescue Organisation (UKRO) Welsh Regional Extrication Challenge 2024
    2nd May 2024
    United Kingdom Rescue Organisation (UKRO) Welsh Regional Extrication Challenge 2024

    South Wales Fire and Rescue Service hosted the annual UKRO Welsh Regional Extrication, Trauma and Rope challenge on Saturday 27th April at its Cardiff Gate Training and Development Centre. Teams from the three Welsh fire and rescue services competed for the top spot in each category, despite the deluge of…

  • South Wales joined largest UK Fire and Rescue Service convoy to deliver vital equipment for Ukrainian Firefighters
    30th April 2024
    South Wales joined largest UK Fire and Rescue Service convoy to deliver vital equipment for Ukrainian Firefighters

    The largest convoy from UK Fire and Rescue Services to date successfully delivered essential firefighting equipment to Ukrainian counterparts last week. On Monday 22nd April, six fire appliances left South Wales Fire and Rescue Service in the early hours of the morning to join a convoy carrying more than 2,800…

  • Wales Urban Search and Rescue Team Training Exercise
    8th April 2024
    Wales Urban Search and Rescue Team Training Exercise

    The Wales Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team recently attended a training exercise at the Waddington Training Centre, Lincolnshire. This simulated a Wales USAR deployment to a large-scale incident out of Wales, on the East coast of England. The team deployed as a USAR convoy consisting of seven specialist vehicles…

  • The Russian Doll Project debuts at Swansea gallery
    4th April 2024
    The Russian Doll Project debuts at Swansea gallery

    In the summer of 2023, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service’s (SWFRS) Cardiff Gate Training and Development Centre played host to an artist’s vision; with the aid of a 15ft fire, and a box camera built inside a large Russian doll. Now, the resulting work is on display at the…

  • South Wales Fire and Rescue Service appoints new Director of Strategic Change and Transformation
    2nd April 2024
    South Wales Fire and Rescue Service appoints new Director of Strategic Change and Transformation

    As part of the wide-reaching Transformation Programme being undertaken at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS), the Welsh Government appointed Commissioners have established a fixed-term role of Director of Strategic Change and Transformation. Following a comprehensive recruitment process that involved staff from across the Service, senior leaders, and the…

  • Lula and the Flame
    18th March 2024
    Lula and the Flame

    SWFRS launches book writing project to help spread fire safety awareness amongst primary school children Children from six primary schools across Rhondda Cynon Taff worked together with local experts to write the tale of a tortoise named Lula, who has a close brush with wildfire on her quest to find…


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