Devizes Fire Station News Today

Devizes Fire Station said farewell to one of its firefighters who has been with them for 30 years.

Firefighters will be wearing their full kit and walking several miles through Wiltshire this weekend.

Firefighters will be wearing their full kit and walking several miles through Wiltshire this weekend.

A huge campaign is underway to strengthen the numbers of on-call firefighters across Wiltshire. On-call firefighters are integral to the services response to emergencies in the region. Devizes Fire Station have been promoting all the things that are great about their station - and that includes its vast history. Devizes’s fire brigade was first established in 1868, back when a horse and cart transported kit and firefighters, rather than the red fire engine we know today. In the years ...

A huge campaign is underway to strengthen the numbers of on-call firefighters across Wiltshire. On-call firefighters are integral to the services response to emergencies in the region. Devizes Fire Station have been promoting all the things that are great about their station - and that includes its vast history. Devizes’s fire brigade was first established in 1868, back when a horse and cart transported kit and firefighters, rather than the red fire engine we know today. In the years ...

Devizes firefighters attended two incidents last night (December 17) Units were first called to a chimney fire, which had involved a log burning stove, in West Lavington. It emerged that the flames were outside the flue, and resting on a ledge in the fireplace itself. A post on the Devizes Fire Station facebook page states: “The fire was quickly dealt with without removing the woodburner and a smoke alarm and a carbon monoxide alarm were fitted before leaving.” Just before midnigh...

Fire crews from six crews were out in the early hours of Friday morning to tackle a blaze at some farm buildings near Quemerford near Calne.

Fire crews from six crews were out in the early hours of Friday morning to tackle a blaze at some farm buildings near Quemerford near Calne.