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Health and Fitness Advisor Joe Astbury.Joe Astbury has been the Service’s Health and Fitness Advisor for 15 years.He is the friendly face that all operational staff...

Apprentice Firefighters from Cohort 7.From training the next generation of Operational Firefighters to developing staff across the board - County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service...

Firefighter Luke Heritage and Firefighter James Picker pictured with the bull. Firefighters came to the rescue of a bull trapped in the River Tees in Darlington over the...

A recruitment campaign centred on encouraging women to discover their potential as a firefighter is what first attracted Watch Manager Debbie Pallister into the service.Growing up, Debbie...

A passion for helping others meant that being a Firefighter was the perfect job for Emma Robson-Parrott. The 36-year-old from Carlisle has just completed an intensive Apprentice Firefighter...

A man has sadly passed away following a house fire in Darlington.Yesterday (March 7) at 3.33pm, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) were alerted...

This morning (February 27) at 7.41am, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) received a report of a fire within a residential caravan at Castledene Holiday...

Ten apprentice firefighters are set to begin their life on fire stations around County Durham and Darlington – after proudly completing their initial training.The group have today...

A boy who was rescued from a burning building in Peterlee has been reunited with the firefighters who saved him.In the early hours of December 14 last...

It’s a job like no other.For the first time in five years, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) are recruiting for full time firefighters...