Address: Marlow Close, Daventry, NN11 4HN
Station Manager: Ash Tugby
Contact details can be found here
Daventry is a historic market town but one which is growing fast with new housing and industry thanks to its location near the M1.
The expanding industrial presence, including the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT), presents new challenges to the fire station and its crews – as does the presence of large waterways including the reservoirs at Daventry and Drayton and the canal network that swings through Watford Gap and the Braunston Tunnel.
Crews at the station work closely with local partners to improve community safety in the Daventry area – focussing on water safety as well as arson and anti-social behaviour. This can vary from fire staff delivering Stay Safe assemblies to local schools, sharing water safety messages with residents and carrying out boat fire and safety checks at the marinas in Braunston and Crick.
The station is crewed on a Variable Crewing Duty System (VCS), with eight wholetime firefighters working from 7.30am to 6pm on Monday to Friday. The station is crewed outside of these hours by 15 on-call firefighters who respond to alerts when there is an incident.
Daventry has two fire engine pumps which are used by the crews, and also a specialist Cobra Intervention Vehicle which will be deployed to support building fires and can offer support at incidents as it’s a small, versatile appliance.
It offers an ultra-high-pressure lance (pictured below) that can cut through steel structures and be used to gain entry to secure buildings. It can also eject water at high speed in the form of micro droplets, which are very effective at absorbing heat and supressing fires.
