Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service

After another busy week are you settling down this Friday night and fancying a new challenge? Please find below our latest jobs alert listing all of the vacancies currently featured on the 'Work for Us' pages of the TWFRS website: 🚒 Service Delivery Administrator (6-months temp FTC) 🚒 Primary Authority Scheme Officer 🚒 Programme Office Coordinator 🚒 Occupational Health Advisor For further information please visit our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQjQScT

Even Merlin our Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) dog is pledging to support World Drowning Prevention Day. Please follow Merlin's lead and make your pledge today. 🐶🌊 It could help to save your life or the life of a loved one. #WorldDrowningPreventionDay2024 #watersafety

Did you know that simply mimicking a starfish can help you stay afloat in the water during times of distress? To mark World Drowning Prevention Day (WDPD), Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, along with partners from across the region, have come together to join hands to form a unified floating circle at Cullercoats Bay, North Tyneside, and highlight the dangers of the water. Always remember to: 🔵 Be prepared 🔵 Never go alone 🔵 Acclimatise slowly to avoid cold water shock 🔵 Always be seen 🔵 Stay within your depth 🔵 Float to Live by making a starfish shape in the water Call 999 when reporting emergency incidents on land and ask for the fire service, or call 112 and ask for the coastguard if you get into difficulty or see someone else in trouble along the coast. PLUS, we will also be hosting a free water safety event on Newcastle Quayside (near the Millennium Bridge) from 11 am to 3 pm this Sunday. People, young and old, will be able to have a tour of a fire appliance and watch a water rescue demonstration by our fireboat team. Red the full story: bit.ly/4cUQZ4C #StaySafe #WorldDrowningPreventionDay RNLI Royal Life Saving Society UK - RLSS UK Northumbria Police North East Ambulance Service Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Northumberland IFCA Marine Management Organisation Newcastle University Panama Open Water Swimming and Cullerfornians swimming club.  

Last week, firefighters from Red Watch at South Shields Community Fire Station carried out joint cliff rescue training with the North East Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) 🚑🚒 Our rope rescue crews gave the HART technicians an overview of essential rope set up for cliff rescues before assisting them part way down the cliff as an introduction to joint rope working. This helps both services train should we be required to assist HART technicians in reaching a casualty at an incident. The HART crews then performed a simulated medical intervention on a casualty who had suffered a fall from a height. It was turned over to the fire crews to take part in various hands-on skill sessions, including airway management and tourniquet application. Crews from Byker Community Fire Station were also in attendance and invited to join in the trauma skills session. This training exercise shows how blue-light emergency service teams work and train together for every eventuality.

Are you looking for a new challenge? We've got some great roles available at Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, including: 🚒 Strategy and Planning Advisor 🚒 Occupational Health Advisor 🚒 Service Improvement and Strategy Manager 🚒 Inter Service Transfer – Crew Manager – Day Crew For further information please visit our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQjQScT

Our Fire Safety team recently welcomed representatives from Northern Electrical Fire Security Ltd. including Lee Baxter to TWFRS Service Headquarters in Washington to deliver a joint training session to our colleagues.    This enabled us to provide refresher training in relation to smoke detection equipment, installation and legislation.   The three hour session updated teammates on installation guides for a variety of different premises and addressed emerging technologies.    This essential training ensures that our colleagues help to keep residents and business communities across Tyne and Wear safe from harm.

We recently delivered some essential throw line training to the team at By The River Brew Co. 🚒⚓️   In support of the waterside responder scheme, officers from our prevention and education team recently joined forces with the RNLI to provide free water safety training to businesses that trade alongside our waters.   Training includes supplying venues with throw lines that are kept on their premises to be used in an emergency.   Would you like to receive some lifesaving training? Then please visit our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSuWmmCF

Did you recently spot our team at Pride in Sunderland? 🏳️🌈👨🚒 We had a great time meeting our local community, including handing out fire safety advice and recruitment information. Don’t worry if you missed us in Sunderland! Our team will also be attending the Pride in Hebburn family picnic, Pride in South Tyneside, Pride in Gateshead and Northern Pride (Newcastle Frontrunners LGBT+ 5k Festival of Running and Pride in the City March). We will have a fire appliance and stall located at Grey’s Monument in Newcastle on Saturday 20th July between 12noon and 5 pm as part of The March event. You can find out further information about Pride in South Tyneside and Pride in Gateshead events by visiting the Out North East website. Come and say hello! 👋

Are you looking for a new challenge? We've got some exciting roles available at Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, including: 🚒 Service Improvement and Strategy Manager 🚒 Control Room Operator – Firefighter Control 🚒 Inter Service Transfer – Crew Manager – Day Crew For further information please visit our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQjQScT

People only have until 30th June to apply to become the next generation of Trainee Firefighters 👩🚒👨🚒 So if you think that you've got what it takes to help serve the community of Tyne and Wear, and to keep them safe from harm then now is your chance to apply. It was a very proud moment for the Service earlier this month when the latest group of 20 new recruits passed out from course 58/24. Five of those firefighters excelled during the course and were rewarded with a special recognition 👏 They included: (Firefighter / trophy awarded) 🚒 Firefighter Kerr (The John Hall memorial trophy for demonstrating the highest levels of physical fitness throughout the course) 🚒 Firefighter Hall (The George Maddox trophy for the recruit who has scored the highest marks both practically and theoretically during the Breathing Apparatus phase of the course) 🚒 Firefighter Campbell (The Dusty Ashman trophy for the ‘Recruits Recruit’, who in the opinion of all other members of the Recruit Course has contributed the most) 🚒 Firefighter Sanders (The Dave Simpson trophy for the highest theoretical marks throughout the course) 🚒 Firefighter Noble (The Silver axe is presented to the top recruit on the course, who consistently showed outstanding knowledge and skills in all practical and theoretical subjects) If you would like to emulate the achievements of our latest recruits then don’t hesitate and apply today. For the full details please visit 👉 https://lnkd.in/e2ez9ask