As the weather brightens up and the sunshine starts brightening our weeks, we welcome the longer, brighter nights and the opportunity to enjoy summer days and nights in the garden. When powering up your BBQ’s and putting out the garden furniture for the summer season, be sure to take note of our top tips to ensure you have a fun and safe summer in the garden. If cooking outdoors, always check BBQs over after winter…
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There are many unsung heroes in Littleport – and not too many actually ever know about their achievements. David Murfitt for instance who is often seen helping out marshalling regularly at Littleport’s Parkrun. This is a man who has served 25 years with Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service at Littleport fire station. Announcing his retirement only this September, his wife Amanda said: “Today my husband retires from CFRS after exactly 25 years as a retained…
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Teaching fire safety in schools We provide free fire safety education to children in primary and secondary schools within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Our fire crews, community fire safety officers and community champions carry out interactive educational workshops in schools and at fire stations, reaching out to thousands of Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 children every year. Operational staff use their training, experience and expertise to deliver fire safety messages in…
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It has been a while since our last update but during all of this time it has been business as usual dealing with an array of emergencies, leading to a very busy year so far. During this year we have had a couple of changes to our crew which has now given us vacancies to fill. Want to be an on call firefighter? In order to apply you must live or work within 5 minutes…
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Crew Commander Andrew Harrison and Firefighter David Murfitt were both awarded their medals for their dedication to the fire service . Both joined Littleport in 1993 and have served here ever since. This makes 4 of our serving crew who have been awarded this medal. Some recent incidents: Could it happen to me? Littleport station was called to one of the more rare incidents this quarter. A call was received from Norfolk to a building…
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