Skymark Packaging

Today we were called to Skymark Packaging on the industrial estate. a 15 pump shout. The building was destroyed, even though great efforts were made to save it. As a fire-fighter I would like to thank all the crews that attended, including our neighbouring services. As an ex-employee and Leominster local I would like to [...]

Recruiting

The summer is approaching when all stations will get a bit busier, crews will also be going away on holidays. This leads to an obvious shortage of fire-fighter “bums on seats”. We were hopeful that by July the station would have had 3 new recruits, unfortunately none passed the extended recruitment proceedure. Is it that [...]

IRS

Its been a couple of weeks since H&W went live with the new Incident Reporting System (IRS). There have been a few niggles but generally its been OK. What do you think? I know it is a pain having to do a report for every job, and the first few have taken a while to [...]

Crewing Levels

Leominster Station, like many other retained stations, has a problem recruiting and retaining new firefighters. Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is currently reviewing the Retained Duty System, the recruitment of firefighters forms a big part of that review. Do the general public and companies within the service area know what the retained do?