Our Older Driver Workshops are free sessions designed for those over 65 and currently driving, to help them keep driving safely for longer. We discuss how driving can become more challenging as we get older, and what simple checks we can do at home to keep ...

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service plans to increase its share of council tax by 2.99% from April 2024. For a Band D property this is an annual increase of £2.34, totalling £82.26 per year or £1.58 a week. Chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire ...

At 10.27pm on Tuesday (31) crews from Stanground, Dogsthorpe and Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade were called to a fire in Ledham, Orton Brimbles, Peterborough. Firefighters arrived to find a fire in a shed that had spread to the rear of a house, and th ...

"Being a firefighter is every little boy's dream. It's the admiration and inspiration that comes with the big red fire engine that I think makes it attractive to you when you're a young kid." After joining the fire cadet scheme as a teenager Stocker applie ...

Firefighter (Control) Paul Gascoigne kept a mum and her two young children talking on the phone for eleven minutes until fire crews arrived after a fire broke out in the kitchen of their home in Felixstowe on October 2 2016. Three fire engines were called ...

This is Josh, our Finance Manager.  Josh joined us in 2014, starting in our Business Support Group, where he helped with day to day administration and helping teams across the Service. He quickly progressed and moved into our Finance team, where he worked ...

Meet Slawomir (known as Gaz) from our Health and Safety team.  Originally from Poland, Gaz joined the Service in 2017 as a Health and Safety Advisor. He works with teams across all different areas to ensure colleagues are protected and have the correct and ...

After playing an integral role answering 999 calls in the fire control room, Vicky wanted to become more involved in operational duties and made the dramatic change to become a firefighter. Having spent some time at stations as part of a watch, Vicky worke ...

Hannah has been in the Service for nearly 20 years. Having attended a 'Have A Go' event, which sparked her interest, she is now a Station Commander at Ely Fire Station, as well as a mum to three children. "I wanted a job that was varied, where I was doing ...

Your future, your way At Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS), we don’t just put out fires - we help careers ignite too. From the moment you join us as a wholetime firefighter, your journey of growth and development begins. We believe that learnin ...