Address: Moulton Way, Northampton, NN3 6XJ
Station Manager: Lee Dawson
Contact details can be found here
Moulton Fire Station opened in 1977 and is home to almost 30 wholetime firefighters across Red, White, Green and Blue watches who work to keep their local community safe.
The Station also has several on-call firefighters, who will respond to incidents via a pager as and when they are needed. They will meet once a week on a Wednesday evening to do training drills to keep their skills up to date.
The Moulton crew cover both the rural communities to the north of Northampton and the large Moulton Park industrial estate nearby. Incidents are varied at Moulton, but its location near several large water sites – including Pitsford Reservoir – mean that measuring the risk of water safety is never far from its thoughts.
Moulton is home to one of two aerial rescue pumps in the county, the other being in Corby. The aerial at Moulton (pictured below) was added to the fleet in 2023 and has a mobile aerial ladder that can reach 42 metres into the air to tackle fires at height, factory blazes or provide rescue from tall buildings.
It also has a Scania fire engine for its wholetime firefighters and a dedicated compact pump – which is slightly smaller than a regular fire engine – for its on-call crew, who will respond to incidents when alerted.
The prime mover is also based at Moulton, which acts as a hook that can be attached to all the emergency pods dotted across stations in the county. If the foam pod in Kettering is needed, then the prime mover will be deployed from Moulton to transport it to the required destination.
Crews at Moulton also have access to the OSU Module Pod – which can hold more breathing apparatus for large scale incidents.
The Moulton crew regularly carry out home fire safety visits and ‘hot strikes’ with key safety advice for both residents and businesses alike following incidents. The station also has a visible presence at community events, handing out information that can keep residents safe during celebrations.
In March 2025, plans were announced to build a new £17 million fire station at Moulton that will deliver first-class facilities for firefighters and the local community. An artist’s impression of how the station would look is shown below.
The new fire station will be built on the site of the current Moulton fire station and the adjacent former office complex, which has been vacant for several years.
Subject to planning permission, the new fire station at Moulton will offer flexible working spaces for firefighters and fire staff, a community room for use by local groups and residents, and a building more suited to modern operational firefighting than can be delivered at the current station.
