Address: Washbrook Road, Rushden, NN10 6UL
Station Manager: Chris Kemp
Contact details can be found here
Rushden Fire station is a variable station, which means it is crewed Monday to Friday from 7:30am to 6pm by 10 wholetime firefighters. Outside of these hours it operates as an on-call station, with 12 on-call firefighters responding to incidents when they are alerted.
The crews cover Rushden itself, as well as Higham Ferrers, Irthlingborough, Irchester and surrounding areas. Rushden is the fifth largest town in the county and the southern limits of the town border with Bedfordshire.
Rushden has two appliances, a main rescue pump and a compact pump, and the town’s location at the intersection of the A45 and A6 means crews are regularly called to road traffic incidents.
Its proximity to Rushden Lakes and Stanwick Lakes, both of which see hundreds of visitors every day, brings with it water risks but also opportunities to interact with the public as part of their prevention activities. The crews also cover industrial estates such as Sanders Lodge – where a major fire broke out at the Monoworld premises in May 2025.
Crews are also active in the local community, participating in careers days, holding open days and visiting schools to educate young people on the dangers of fire and open water.
Rushden Fire Brigade was founded in 1877, with 12 men under the captaincy of William Foskett. The original method of alerting the Brigade was to ring the bell inside St Mary’s Church. In 1901, the Great Fire of Rushden, which burned for three days, destroyed two factories, a school, 16 shops and 12 houses.
