A Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service officer has been awarded the prestigious King’s Fire Service Medal in the New Year’s Honours List.
Hannah Caulfield, the service’s group manager, was hailed in recognition of her outstanding service and leadership in supporting female firefighters and colleagues, helping to make the service more diverse, inclusive, and supportive.
A driver was injured after their car crashed flipped on to its roof and caught fire at Hatherton, near Nantwich.
The incident happened on Audlem Road and involved one vehicle, with fire crews from Crewe attending.
Cheshire Fire Authority has launched a consultation on its precept which it wants to raise by £5 per year for a typical band D household.
The authority says the amount would raise an additional £1.3 million in funding but comes as local councils and police forces are also raising precepts in a cost of living crisis.
By Stephen Topping, local democracy reporter
Residents have another month to speak out on the future of Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The fire authority wants to know what the public thinks about a raft of new ideas to prevent fires and protect communities.
By Stephen Topping
A new training centre for Cheshire’s firefighters has moved a step closer to reality – but its cost has soared by more than £1.6 million.
Members of the Cheshire Fire Authority approved plans for a state-of-the-art training centre in Winsford last September, with the facility expected to cost more than £9 million.
A large number of birds have died in a fire at a farm in Tarporley, fire chiefs have said.
The blaze happened at a farm on Peckforton Hall Lane and involved two large wooden sheds, each about five metres by three metres.
Young people from South Cheshire graduated from a Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service led Prince’s Trust programme at an awards ceremony.
The team of 12, all dressed in black tie and evening dresses for the celebration, gave a two minute speech about their time on the course.
The company which runs Crewe Arms Hotel has been fined £80,000 for breaching fire safety regulations.
Hospitality First Two Ltd, which runs the venue on Nantwich Road, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Magistrates Court to five breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
A swan rescued from the River Weaver in Nantwich after being attacked by a dog, has died.
The bird was rescued by RSPCA and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service officers off Manor Road North on Saturday afternoon (September 30).
Fire chiefs in Cheshire say they can maintain improvements in public safety, despite facing £1 million funding cuts in 2016-17.
Members of the Fire Authority have been told to expect ongoing reductions in central Government funding.
Cheshire Police and Cheshire Fire Service look set to share a single headquarters from April 2018, it has emerged.
Police and fire chiefs say the move aims to protect front line emergency services.
Fire officers will be in Nantwich on Monday to promote Fire Door Safety Week in a bid to save lives.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting Fire Door Safety Week (September 15-21).
Cheshire Fire chiefs have unveiled plans to change the way large areas of South Cheshire are covered by crews and appliances. Proposals, which aim to save up to £7 million over the next eight years, include a new station at Alsager and possibly adding a second station in Crewe.
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