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Tributes paid after Herts fire investigation dog Reqs dies aged 13

Tributes paid after Herts fire investigation dog Reqs dies aged 13

Tributes paid after Herts fire investigation dog Reqs dies aged 13

18 November 2024

The Labrador was believed to have been one of the UK’s longest serving fire investigation dogs and in November received the PDSA’s Order of Merit.


Fire above café bar leaves three flats uninhabitable and businesses temporarily closed

Fire above café bar leaves three flats uninhabitable and businesses temporarily closed

Fire above café bar leaves three flats uninhabitable and businesses temporarily closed

15 November 2024

Essex fire service received flood of 999 calls after smoke seen pouring from upper floors of former Barclay’s Bank building in Saffron Walden.


Herts and Essex emergency services prepare for the ‘unthinkable’ in terrorist exercise

Herts and Essex emergency services prepare for the ‘unthinkable’ in terrorist exercise

Herts and Essex emergency services prepare for the ‘unthinkable’ in terrorist exercise

15 November 2024

“The exercises include smoke, simulated gunfire and actors playing casualties with very convincing wounds.”


All aboard for Stansted fire station’s festive fair

All aboard for Stansted fire station’s festive fair

All aboard for Stansted fire station’s festive fair

12 November 2024

The Chapel Hill station will be holding its fundraising Christmas event on Friday (Nov 15), with proceeds going to a local cause.


Warning after horse spooked by fireworks has to be put down

Warning after horse spooked by fireworks has to be put down

Warning after horse spooked by fireworks has to be put down

05 November 2024

Claude, 30, had to be rescued from his stable at Newport by firefighters after he was scared by fireworks, but sadly had to be euthanised.


Winner of best Hallowe’en costume to have prize delivered by fire crew

Winner of best Hallowe’en costume to have prize delivered by fire crew

Winner of best Hallowe’en costume to have prize delivered by fire crew

29 October 2024

Stansted fire station is hosting a spooky night of fun and will drop off a large pack of sweets directly to the winner’s door by fire engine.


Youths let off fireworks in car park and trigger fire service response from Stevenage

Youths let off fireworks in car park and trigger fire service response from Stevenage

Youths let off fireworks in car park and trigger fire service response from Stevenage

24 October 2024

Smoke seen billowing from top of Northgate End multi-storey and group of dozen teenage boys and girls seen leaving soon after loud bang.


Watchdog gives Herts Fire and Rescue Service 28 days to improve safety checks

Watchdog gives Herts Fire and Rescue Service 28 days to improve safety checks

Watchdog gives Herts Fire and Rescue Service 28 days to improve safety checks

24 October 2024

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services has identified “serious concerns” which put “public safety at risk”.


Car engulfed by flames and others damaged in Tesco car park fire

Car engulfed by flames and others damaged in Tesco car park fire

Car engulfed by flames and others damaged in Tesco car park fire

14 October 2024

Bishop’s Stortford firefighters attended the blaze on Friday afternoon after a diesel Nissan Qashqai caught alight.


Aristocrat blaze started accidentally, says senior fire officer

Aristocrat blaze started accidentally, says senior fire officer

Aristocrat blaze started accidentally, says senior fire officer

28 August 2024

More than 30 firefighters sent to historic Hadham Road building The Chantry, home until earlier this summer of high-end fashion shop.


Fire breaks out at vacant Aristocrat shop in Bishop’s Stortford

Fire breaks out at vacant Aristocrat shop in Bishop’s Stortford

Fire breaks out at vacant Aristocrat shop in Bishop’s Stortford

28 August 2024

Six fire crews and an aerial ladder were at the scene of the former high-end women’s and men’s fashion store at The Chantry in Hadham Road.


Fire and ambulance services up for award for initiative on falls at home

Fire and ambulance services up for award for initiative on falls at home

Fire and ambulance services up for award for initiative on falls at home

17 August 2024

East of England Ambulance Service and Essex County Fire and Rescue Service short-listed in HSJ Awards 2024.


Grass fire warning as Stortford crews tackle blaze in Much Hadham

Grass fire warning as Stortford crews tackle blaze in Much Hadham

Grass fire warning as Stortford crews tackle blaze in Much Hadham

13 August 2024

During the incident on Friday afternoon (August 9) dense smoke drifted across the High Street.


Alarming! Almost half of Essex homes that caught fire had no smoke detectors

Alarming! Almost half of Essex homes that caught fire had no smoke detectors

Alarming! Almost half of Essex homes that caught fire had no smoke detectors

06 August 2024

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service’s shocking statistics show that only 55.5% of the 732 homes that had fires in 2023-24 had working alarms.


Brothers maintain family’s firefighter tradition dating back seven decades

Brothers maintain family’s firefighter tradition dating back seven decades

Brothers maintain family’s firefighter tradition dating back seven decades

29 July 2024

Max and George Curtis follow in the footsteps of dad Paul and uncle Mark – and at least 15 other family members going back to the 1950s.


Picture special: 1,800 flock to Stortford fire station open day

Picture special: 1,800 flock to Stortford fire station open day

Picture special: 1,800 flock to Stortford fire station open day

22 July 2024

The event at the station in Patmore Close raised £700 for The Fire Fighters Charity.


Plea for return of memorial bench stolen from park

Plea for return of memorial bench stolen from park

Plea for return of memorial bench stolen from park

16 July 2024

The bench, bearing the inscription “Granville Ramage – Sawbridgeworth & District Rotary Club”, was taken from West Road children’s playground.


People and teddies invited to drop in at fire station open day

People and teddies invited to drop in at fire station open day

People and teddies invited to drop in at fire station open day

15 July 2024

Firefighters will give demos on how they handle road traffic collisions, put out oil fires and conduct a smoke house search and rescue.


Firefighters visit all 29 Herts fire stations in one day on 180-mile cycling challenge

Firefighters visit all 29 Herts fire stations in one day on 180-mile cycling challenge

Firefighters visit all 29 Herts fire stations in one day on 180-mile cycling challenge

05 July 2024

Team of 22 set off on 180-mile challenge at 5am on Sunday June 30, with a brief stop at Bishop’s Stortford fire station, and finished just after 9pm.


Herts emergency services put skills to the test in river rescue exercise

Herts emergency services put skills to the test in river rescue exercise

Herts emergency services put skills to the test in river rescue exercise

04 July 2024

Police, fire and paramedics responded to an upturned, submerged car in the River Lea on a training exercise that ensures readiness for such scenarios


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