Following these basic home safety tips and adopting them into your daily routine will help to make your home safer: Working smoke alarms save lives Remember, a smoke alarm can only warn you if it works properly. Make sure you have one and test it weekly. Request a Home Safety…
As an employee of the Service you will be entitled to a number of benefits. Annual leave We all need a holiday from time to time. South Wales Fire and Rescue’s annual leave allowance starts at 25 days plus bank holidays. Vivup Benefits With Vivup you can access 1,150+ employee…
With more motorcycles on British roads we are also seeing an increase in the number of motorcyclists involved in road accidents in recent years. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service are working with motorcyclists to reduce the number of casualties. Motorcyclists are more vulnerable than many other road users and…
Preventing children and young people being harmed or killed in accidental fires or causing fires through ignorance or carelessness. Preventing children and young people becoming involved in fire crime and associated anti-social behaviour To work co-operatively to maximize the impact of resources on improving outcomes To fully evaluate the effect…
Strategic Equality Plan 2023-26 Please read our Strategic Equality Plan for 2023-2026, which introduces our strategic equality outcomes for the next three years. The outcomes will be built into what we do, with every corporate action being related to one or more of them. This allows for us to accurately…
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“Act”) provides a general right of public access to information held by Public Authorities, including South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (“SWFRS”). The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (“Regulations”) provide the public a general right of access to environmental information held by Public Authorities. These…
South Wales Fire Authority Compliance Notice 2017 “Welsh Language Standards Implementation Plan” South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority is legally required to publish a document noting how it intends to comply with the Welsh Language Standards and what its internal processes are for oversight and monitoring implementation. Click below to…
The Executive Leadership Team (ELT) The ELT comprises of: Air Vice-Marshal Fin Monahan OBE DFC PhD – Chief Fire Officer (CFO) As CFO, Fin is responsible for the strategic leadership of all staff and overall co-ordination of the Fire and Rescue Service. Fin is also Head of Paid Service.…
Wholetime firefighters, on-call firefighters, control staff, support staff and auxiliary firefighters; we are all united in our commitment to keep the communities of South Wales safe. We are keen to attract people who share this commitment so if you would like to join us, please take a look at our…
In confirming this commitment the aims of the Services Health and Safety Policy include: Appointing a Health and Safety Director to provide strong leadership from the top for managing health and safety, and supporting this by providing the necessary organisational structure, arrangements and resources Ensuring suitable arrangements are in place…
