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…
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…
Bag it and Bank it Recycling Champions 2024 Since 2009, The Fire Fighters Charity has successfully run a clothing recycling scheme, ‘Bag it and Bank it’, in partnership with fire and rescue services and other organisations across the UK. Not only does the project keep a huge amount of textiles…
International Women’s Day #InspireInclusion On 8th March every year, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated across the globe, and this year’s campaign theme is #InspireInclusion. We are proud to support the values that guide IWD; promoting a gender-equal world, free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse and…
Operation Dawns Glaw, a multi-agency taskforce of specialist from key agencies across Wales has reformed to reduce, and where possible eliminate the impact of grass fires across Wales. The task force, which was initially established in 2016 to tackle incidents of deliberately set grass fires across Wales, will also be…
Ogmore Vale Fire and Rescue Station became the first Fire Station in the UK to achieve the Green Flag Community Award last year in recognition of its high environmental standards, cleanliness, safety and community involvement. Station Commander for Ogmore Vale, Mathew Bradford, said: “At the beginning of February, with the…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) is bringing forward plans to replace the existing New Inn Fire Station, in Pontypool, with an updated and sustainable Fire Station on its existing site. The current Station was built over 70 years ago, opening for the first time in 1952. The building…
Congratulations to our latest On-Call recruits, who successfully completed their 2-week course at our Cardiff Gate Training and Development Centre earlier today. Group Manager Mark Kift, said: “Congratulations to the on-call recruits at South Wales Fire and Rescue! Your commitment to serving the community and dedication to emergency response is…
Vij Randeniya, Commissioner for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, said: The decision of the Commissioners to seek a secondment into the role of Chief Fire Officer was to provide immediate capacity and experience during the current intervention at South Wales Fire and Rescue, and is common practice across both…
The Commissioners have agreed for the temporary secondment of Stuart Millington, to the position of Interim Chief Fire Officer of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) with effect from 9.00am on Monday 12th February 2024. Stuart will be joining SWFRS on secondment from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service…
