Lady Wilcox has more than 35 years’ experience in front-line education, having first taught in Brixton in South London, before becoming head of drama and media studies at Hartridge High School in Newport, and then head of the performing arts faculty and senior management team at Hawthorn High School, Pontypridd.…
After getting a modern history degree from Bangor university in 1981, Vij joined the London Fire Brigade in 1983. He served at some of the capital’s busiest stations, including Brixton as a firefighter and Whitechapel as a watch commander. Following a period in the training centre on officer…
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…
Following the publication on 3 January 2024 of the independent report by Fenella Morris KC on the culture and values of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, which exposed widespread discriminatory and abusive behaviour at all levels and serious underlying failures of leadership and management, the Welsh Government under the…
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…
Welsh fire and rescue services, such as ourselves, provide a programme of road safety initiatives to help reduce the Fatal 5 – the five most significant factors which lead to death and serious injury in road traffic collisions in Wales. Fire and rescue road safety initiatives are operated by staff…
What is an Incident Report? An Incident Report is completed after South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (“SWFRS”) attends an incident. Incidents include fires, road traffic collisions, false alarms, and other emergencies such as flooding, assisting other agencies, rescues from height etc. Any reports that might be made to our…
