Anyone thinking of heading to beaches and inland water locations this summer is being urged to remember the impact of Covid-19 on the usual service provided by rescue and lifeguard services. This is just one of the messages of the Royal Life Saving Society UK’s Drowning Prevention Week (June 12-19), which is being supported by …
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Fire crews attend business blaze in Corby
Eight fire crews attended a large blaze at an office block in Corby yesterday evening. Crews attended the building in Eismann Way at 10:50pm on Thursday, June 12, and firefighters were deployed inside wearing breathing apparatus as others tackled the fire from outside through a first floor window. One employee inside the building escaped without …
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Young artists – can you help create a new logo for Operation Unite in Daventry?
Children in the Daventry area are being asked to exercise their artistic skills by coming up with a creative design for a new logo. The design competition is today being launched to encourage school children in Daventry (whether in school or currently learning at home) to come up with a new logo for Operation Unite. …
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Winner announced from more than 150 entries in ‘virtual’ schools competition
More than 150 entries from young people across Northamptonshire were received for the Virtual Community Safety Challenge Covid-19… and a winner has now been decided. The competition, asked secondary school pupils to take on a creative challenge to design ways to make people think about and to raise awareness of important Covid-19 messages. The challenge …
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Fire Service urges carers to seek advice if they have fire safety fears
‘Call us if you are worried about the fire safety of a vulnerable person’ is the message to carers, from Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS). This Carers’ Week (June 8-14), people who help to look after someone who may need support due to age, disability or illness, are being reminded that fire safety support …
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Home safety tips in support of Child Safety Week
With children at home during the Covid-19 pandemic and so many parents and carers busy multi-tasking, there has arguably never been a better time to remind families about safety. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is proud to be supporting the national Child Safety Week (1-7 June), a community education campaign run by the Child …
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Northamptonshire Emergency Services Volunteers support key roles in frontline response to Covid-19
Driving ambulances and delivering vital PPE are just two of the roles which have been taken on by Northamptonshire Emergency Services Volunteers (NESV) during the Covid-19 pandemic. The NESV organisation was set up about a year ago as a joint venture led by Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) and East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS). …
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Firefighters have made more than 1,000 medication deliveries to ‘at risk’ individuals in Northamptonshire
More than 1,000 deliveries of essential medication have now been delivered by firefighters to some of the most vulnerable people across the county. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) was asked to support the community resilience partnership response to the pandemic by aiding in pharmacy deliveries to those who are ‘shielding’ and need to stay …
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Fire Service urges residents not to burn waste, after spate of bonfire call-outs
Firefighters are urging people not to have bonfires at home, after receiving a series of call-outs to waste being burnt. Last weekend (May 16 and 17), Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service dealt with seven calls linked to bonfires or other fires in the open. These calls involved either ‘out of control’ bonfires or were simply …
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‘Take your fire safety responsibility seriously during pandemic’, landlords are warned
Landlords are being urged to remember that, during Covid-19 restrictions, their responsibilities to ensure tenants are fire safe are still as important as ever. This message from Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is being supported by one Northampton landlord who took positive action to seek professional fire safety advice and make changes to his …
