Category: News

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held online via Zoom on Tuesday, 30 March at 19:00 (BST). 

The Annual General Meeting event is open to our paid Individual Members*, so please do join us. We’ll open to Membership to vote on three resolutions. *One representative from each of our Corporate Members may attend.

If you are not a member and would like to attend, please sign up as a member via our website.

To book your free place, please register on Eventbrite.

We hope to see as many of our members as possible at this meeting, so that we can vote to help create the future of WFS together!

To help encourage more people from all walks of life to consider becoming an on-call firefighter, the National Fire Chief’s Council (NFCC) is running an on-call firefighter recruitment campaign from 1st – 7th March 2021. The ‘Need More?’ campaign highlights opportunities and real-life stories via a dedicated on-call website.

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Guest post by Alex Johnson

Fleur Lombard was the first woman firefighter to be killed in action in Britain since World War II. When she joined Avon Fire Brigade in November 1993, she was one of only eight women employed by the brigade.

Continue reading “Fleur Lombard – Silver anniversary of silver axe recruit”

New beginnings

Last year, the world completely changed. The coronavirus altered our plans to hold our 20th National Training and Development Event at the Fire Service College. And as key workers, our organisation and volunteer network was significantly impacted. To that end, we’re happy to announce we will be hosting a series of virtual events this year. Our first event takes place on Tuesday 16 February, 2021.

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Our Women in the Fire Service UK Awards 2020 honoured remarkable individuals who have developed, encouraged and reinforced the role of women in the sector. Winners and runners-up in seven categories were selected from over 50 candidates across the UK. Below are their stories, which showcase their work towards equalities advancement, and their passion for community, and team spirit.

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Last month we were proud to be involved with the #VisibleWikiWomen campaign organised by not-for-profit, Whose Knowledge. The initiative aims to give notable women the visibility and acknowledgment they deserve on Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia). To reach that goal, Whose Knowledge reach out to many organisations to participate, including women’s and feminist organizations.

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Rebecca Meachin is the Women in the Fire Service Local Representative for Nottinghamshire, and has been a Firefighter at Stapleford Fire Station for the past two years. We were thrilled when Bec took on the role as a local rep in January. It was after attending the WFS training and development event in 2019 that she was inspired to get more involved.

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Mandeep Bharaj attended the Women in the Fire Service national training and development event last year, and is a Business Analyst and Firefighter at West Midlands Fire Service. She is also a member of Inspire WMFS support network. And if you missed out on the viral video they released on social media recently, it’s definitely worth watching!

Continue reading “Adapting to change as a Firefighter”

We want to shine a light on our members—to tell their stories and highlight their achievements. Because we’re really proud of the skills that exist in our membership and grateful to those who help to support our work with yearly contributions. 

This month we showcase Amy Down, who joined as a member of Women in the Fire Service in 2019.

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