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Cleveland Fire Brigade is calling out for people to take control of their next job. This comes as the appeal goes out for Fire Control Operators to join the busy team at Brigade Headquarters in Hartlepool. The heroes in headsets handle almost 16,000 emergency calls a year in the state-of-the-art control room as they respond quickly to dispatch crews, engines and equipment to where they … Read more Could you be our next hero in a headset? »

Cleveland Fire Brigade has been praised for its performance having been graded as one of the top performing fire and rescue services in the country in an independent report published today. The recognition comes from His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) who carried out a comprehensive inspection of the Brigade, and judged it as: Good at effectively keeping people safe … Read more Cleveland Fire Brigade Rated Top Performing Fire Service in the North East and Yorkshire »

Cleveland Fire Brigade are encouraging motorists to take advantage of the upcoming free drive-thru vehicle safety checks this weekend to keep everyone safe on the roads. Due to the resounding success of our last event we are working with the Cleveland Road Safety Partnership to host another drive-thru event. The drop-in session will take place at Redcar Community Fire Station on Saturday 21st January (10am … Read more FREE Road Safety Vehicle Check This Weekend »

  Your local community fire stations need your old clothes, shoes, bags and linen to boost charity funds, recycling and help under-developed countries. Through the “bag it and bank it” scheme, items can be deposited at the Brigade’s special clothes banks. Funds raised from collection by recycling partners go to the Firefighters Charity (FFC). Between April and September last year around 20,478kg of clothing was … Read more Bag It and Bank It »

Fire safety is on the Christmas shopping list as inspectors make spot checks on stores across Cleveland. It comes with the busy run-in to the big day with thousands of shoppers out and about in a final rush to get that last minute present. Shops will have larger stocks than usual to cater for the demand and this must be carefully managed as it can … Read more Christmas Shopping For Safety »