Address: 21 London Road, Raunds, NN9 6EH
Station Manager: Chris Kemp
Contact details can be found here
Raunds is an on-call station, with 10 firefighters responding to incidents by pager as and when they happen.
The London Road station was opened in 1989, replacing the longstanding station that was in the Square. The crew at Raunds cover the town of Raunds itself, as well as the villages of Ringstead, Stanwick, Chelveston and Caldecott.
Its border straddles the River Nene, meaning that water safety is seen as a high risk to the community in the area – with Stanwick Lakes and Ringstead Lakes also on patch – and the large water and commercial presence of Rushden Lakes also nearby.
The station’s proximity to the A45 means that road traffic collisions are a regular call out for the crew, and they also lend assistance across the border in Cambridgeshire for incidents on the A14.
The station has one Scania fire engine, while it also home to one of two Seasonal Support Vehicles, which were added to the fleet in August 2025 in response to the growing risk of climate change. The other is in Woodford Halse, and the vehicles have been strategically placed on different sides of the county to cover the whole of Northamptonshire.
The Seasonal Support Vehicles are designed to transport equipment and firefighters to support crews at fires in locations that may not be easily accessed by larger fire engines. They don’t have fire hoses and instead are equipped with equipment to help with seasonal incidents.
During summer, the vehicles carry specialised tools to fight wildfires – such as beaters that are used to create breaks in the ground helping to prevent fires spreading, and wildfire backpacks that can carry up to 20 litres of water each. During winter, they will have specialist equipment to deal with incidents such as flooding.
The crew will undergo regular training at their weekly Wednesday evening drill nights to make sure their skills stay up to date.
They also have a big community presence, regularly attending schools such as The Manor School and taking the fire pump down, showing students their road traffic collisions drill and promoting safe driving. They also heavily promote water safety messages, urging students not to swim in locks and rivers.
