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Three Plympton firefighters proved popular on social media after one of their colleagues posted on the Fire Station Facebook page a photo of them in the back of a fire engine returning from a call-out. You may well have seen their photo as they are now part of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Services recruitment campaign for on-call firefighters throughout Devon and Somerset.

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Fire Control received a 999 call from a carer reported smoke issuing from a property where a person was trapped at a property in Downfield Drive, Plympton.

Three appliances, one each from Plympton, Greenbank and Crownhill attended. The first appliance arriving on scene 3 minutes after the call was placed.

On arrival fire-fighters confirmed that one person was trapped and they...

Fire crews are tackling a blaze at a builders' yard in Plymouth this afternoon.

Two appliances from Camelshead and Crownhill were mobilised to reports of a fire in a builders' yard on Wingfield Road, Stoke.

On arrival crews reported smoke issuing and requested an additional appliance to attend from Crownhill.

Cylinders were also suspected to be involved, one ground...

Firefighters up and down the country are preparing to roll up their sleeves to take part in the National Car Wash this March 14, raising vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity.

Firmly established on the fire and rescue service calendar, the National Car Wash is the charity's largest national fundraising event of the year.

Motorists are invited to take their car along and...

Firefighters in England today announced a further 24 hour strike to take place from 9am on Tuesday 9 December.

This follows the government’s decision to commence the Parliamentary procedure to implement regulations for an unfair, unaffordable and unworkable pension scheme.

After almost three years of discussions firefighters still face a stark choice of either being sacked or a...

Tavistock Fire Station is hosting an open evening for prospective on-call firefighters on Wednesday 22 October 2014, at 7pm.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is looking for people in the Tavistock community to be on-call or ‘retained’ firefighters. No previous experience of fire-fighting is necessary for this role – the ideal prospective firefighter starts with a...

Firefighters will strike again on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve in an ongoing pension dispute between the Government and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).

Three more strikes have been announced by the FBU following strikes last Friday and Saturday.

Devon and Somerset fire and rescue authority have said that seven incidents requiring firefighters took place during last...

Firefighters in England and Wales will strike for the fifth and sixth times this weekend, between 6pm and 10pm on both today (Friday 13 December) and tomorrow (Saturday 14 December).

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have said that they will continue to strike until an agreement is met.

The public and business community are reminded to take care during both four hour...

Firefighters in Plymouth have walked out for a fourth time today (Wednesday 13 November) over pensions and the age of retirement. The four-hour strike action took place between 10am and 2pm.

The action by firefighters in England and Wales follows a deadlock in talks between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and government over pensions and retirement age.

The Government plans to...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced further strike action in England and Wales between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday 13 November.

The plans for the latest in a series of walkouts comes after what the union has described as "unnecessary and inflammatory" action by the government's Fire Minister Brandon Lewis MP.

The FBU claims that three hours before firefighters were due to...