Stay Safe This Festive Season
This festive season, we’re encouraging people to ‘Give the gift of a Home Fire Safety Visit’.
During a Visit, staff from your local fire station come to your home to chat about how to keep you and your family safe from fire.
This includes fitting smoke alarms for free, mapping out escape routes in the event of a fire, or helping people get support if their home is cluttered.
Making a Partner Referral
If a person fits one or more of the below criteria, they may benefit from extra help from the Fire Service
About making a Partner Referral
If a person fits any of these criteria, they may benefit from help from the Fire Service:
- Elderly and living alone
- Living and sleeping in one room
- Smoker
- Poor housekeeping
- Frequent use of portable heaters
- Signs of having previous fires
Contact County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service to refer a person for a Home Fire Safety Visit:
Call: 0345 2234 221 Email: csenquiries@ddfire.gov.uk or visit www.ddfire.gov.uk/referral-form
Provide name, address, and contact details (if known) of the person you would like to refer and quote: Safer People
How to make a Referral
To make a referral, please visit ddfire.gov.uk/referral-form or click the button below
Firestoppers
Have information on a deliberate fire? Tell FireStoppers what you know. Even small outdoor fires can be dangerous, because they place additional stress on our limited resources – dealing with a nuisance fire affects our ability to respond to more serious incidents like house fires or road traffic accidents. If you have information regarding an incident of deliberate fire, you can tell us what you know, 100% anonymously. We are interested in what you know, not your identity.
Your Area
We have 15 fire station operational areas across County Durham and Darlington.
Emergency Response
The Emergency Response section has been updated, view the page here.
Fire Safety at Work
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service’s Business Fire Safety Team are working in partnership the local Authorities to ensure that businesses in the Service area are Covid secure. Whilst carrying out Fire Safety Audits the team will be ensuring compliance with Covid-19 secure measures to help protect employees, the Community and our own staff whilst carrying out these inspections.
Work for Us
This section contains information about working for us as a firefighter, control staff or support staff.
Fire Safety at Home
Prevention Activity We encourage all households to have a Home Fire Safety visit with our service; your safety is our priority.
Start your home fire safety check here It will take you through your home one room at a time and the simple questions will help you spot fire risks. Learn more...
Vacancies for On-Call Firefighters
Do you live or work within 5 minutes of one of our On-Call stations?
On-call firefighters are those who are able to provide evening, daytime or weekend cover. They are ready to go out to a call the moment a message comes through.