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…
The Service acknowledges the Welsh Government statement in Plenary today and welcomes the scrutiny and direction that will be provided by the four appointed Commissioners – Baroness Debbie Wilcox, Kirsty Williams, Vijith Randeniya and Carl Foulkes. We would like to reassure the public and all staff that we would never…
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Incident update 10:35 20 January 2024 South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS), alongside South Wales Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), attended an incident at Bridgend Industrial Estate yesterday evening at approximately 20.30hrs. On arrival, crews were faced with a well-developed fire at…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority voted on 15 January 2024 to accept all 82 recommendations of the Independent Culture Review Report, as recommended by the Service. The Authority also agreed to create a Culture Review Implementation Committee, to oversee the development and delivery of the Action Plan and…
Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway QFSM chose to commission an Independent Culture Review into South Wales Fire and Rescue Service in December 2022, amidst media reports around abusive behaviour from current and ex-colleagues of the Service. The Independent Culture Review covers the culture within the Service, our disciplinary processes and…
