News
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Events and Open Days
We're excited to be opening our fire station doors again throughout the year for our station open days and events.
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Ten new wholetime firefighters have been welcomed into Essex County Fire and Rescue Service during a passing out ceremony at the Service Training Centre in Witham today.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service celebrated the hard work and efforts of its people at a special awards ceremony this week.
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Jac Thorold, Assistant Director of Human Resources at ECFRS, is giving her time as a ward assistant at Ipswich Hospital.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is leading the way when it comes to protecting communities.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has honoured its long serving employees in a special awards presentation.
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Well done to our North East Command Group managers Simon Dedman, Danny Partridge and Scott Meekings, and Station Managers Carl Pullen, Pete Neal, Quentin Sage, Syd Barrett and Stuart Hare who cycled the entire length of their area this weekend from Manningtree to Burnham, a total of 200km in two days.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has achieved bronze status in the Inclusive Employers Standard.
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Eight Group and Station Managers from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service will be using their pedal power this weekend to raise money for The Fire Fighters Charity.
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This #ThankyouThursday Joanna Lisowska-Dyer, Fire Safety Officer at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service, wants to thank everyone who supported the collection at Great Baddow Fire Station for refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is holding its first on-call firefighter training course at South Woodham Ferrers Fire Station this week.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has been playing a part in helping refugees fleeing Ukraine by collecting essential items and donating equipment for firefighters.
Information for the media
Press hotline - 01376 570814
Email press@essex-fire.gov.uk
If you are not an accredited journalist use 01376 576000 for all enquiries. For emergencies call 999.
We ask that routine press check calls are not made between 8pm and 9am, because all items of interest will be posted here as they happen. Please note this is not a service for the public and press from outside our local area are asked politely to adhere to these guidelines.
Photographs and video
Photographs and video from incidents may be downloaded for publication. These may be used free of charge by all accredited newspapers and media agencies providing they carry a credit to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Breaches of this arrangement will result in an invoice of £74 per image and £294 per video.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is committed to protecting your personal data and privacy. Any personal information you provide us with will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
