JOINT AGENCY UPDATE REGARDING FLOODING IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE – 26/09/2024 20:00 Agencies across Northamptonshire are working together to ensure a joint response is in place to protect residents as more severe weather is expected overnight. The county is expected to have significant rainfall overnight with the Met Office issuing an amber warning for heavy rain across …
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Joint agency update on flooding – September 26
Agencies are continuing to support Billing Aquadrome’s management with their evacuation plan whilst it remains temporarily closed due to flooding and with further flood warnings in place. Around 28 people and 5 pets stayed at the rest centre overnight and were provided with emergency bedding, toiletries and hot food and drink and supported by community …
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Joint Agency Update on flooding at Billing Aquadrome
UPDATE 25 September 08:45 This is a brief update about the operation that took place at Billing Aquadrome last night. Agencies worked together until around midnight (Tuesday/Wednesday) to support the management of Billing Aquadrome with the evacuation of people from the park. Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service and Northamptonshire Search and Rescue supported …
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Fire Service continue to deal with flooding as residents reminded to follow safety advice
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service received 160 calls yesterday (September 24) with over a hundred being weather related. 33 needed a response from the Fire Service and the other 72 were given advice over the phone or did not require attendance. We are continuing to urge members of the public to follow safety advice, and …
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Residents urged to follow advice during storm and flooding
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service received 81 calls over the weekend (September 21 and 22) regarding weather related incidents. Twenty-eight of these needed the Fire Service to attend and the 53 other cases have been able to receive advice over the phone. The county is currently under an Amber weather alert for rain until 9pm …
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Farmers urged to be vigilant to avoid hay bale and field fires
Farmers across Northamptonshire are being urged to be vigilant and take steps to reduce the risk of fire. Due to recent dry conditions, foliage and shrubbery are very dry and it doesn’t take long for a fire to spread and become significant. Despite the number of both deliberate and accidental fires decreasing since last year, …
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HMICFRS report highlights good work – but improvement needed in some areas
Chief Fire Officer Nikki Watson has thanked Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) for their report, published today (Wednesday 18 September), which praised the “clear commitment of staff and leaders to improve” – but said that the Service needs to push on with planned improvements more quickly. Nikki said that she was …
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Fire crews tackle blaze at derelict industrial unit in Harlestone Firs
Firefighters have remained at the scene of a fire in Harlestone Firs overnight and continue to monitor hotspots ahead of a Fire Investigation this morning (September 9). Crews were called to deal with a blaze in a derelict industrial unit on Harlestone Road yesterday (September 8), just before 4pm. On arriving crews discovered a rapidly …
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Check your chimney ahead of the winter to reduce risk of fire
Residents of Northamptonshire are being urged to check their chimneys and maintain them properly before the coming winter months. Typically, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service sees an increase in the number of call outs to chimney fires in the colder months, and has already attended three in the last two weeks. We are therefore reminding …
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Northamptonshire to look at learning opportunities from publication of Grenfell Tower Inquiry report
Chief Fire Officer Nikki Watson says Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue will take every learning opportunity it can from the publication of the Phase Two report of the Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry. The report has been published this morning (September 4) and examines how the tower block came to be in a condition that allowed the …