19/12/05, Firefighters Quiz Night Raises £41.

Tenbury firefighters, past and present raised £41 for the Tenbury Primary School SEC, through their annual quiz night held at the fire station.  Each firefighter put donations into a bucket to take part in the quiz. - Special thanks to LFF Graham Brittain for organising the event.

8/12/05, Fire Appliance sent to Sri Lanka.

A decommissioned fire appliance (D911 BUY), that served most of it's time based at Station 53 Tenbury Wells, has been given to the people of Sri Lanka to replace one lost in the Tsunami that devastated the eastern coast of the island on Boxing Day 2004.

CFO Paul Hayden handed over the keys to two Sri Lankan cricketers - Mitttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas, who were playing cricket at Worcestershire Cricket Club on April 28th 2005.  They formally accepted the appliance on behalf of the Sri Lankan government.

The appliance was at Tenbury from new, when the current fire station was built in 1987.

11/11/05, New Equipment Goes Live.

Firefighters at Tenbury have now received training in the use of the new Trauma bags, which have replaced the old First aid bag and oxygen therapy equipment.  The new pack includes equipment for resuscitation, airway management, oxygen therapy, burns, survival blankets and other general first aid and trauma equipment.  The packs are now in use.

The firefighters have also received training on water rescue techniques, and have taken delivery of new lifejackets, throwlines and hose inflation equipment.  We can now fill our hose with air, instead of water, enabling us to make a hoop in the end of the hose, and float it out to a casualty trapped in water.  Several techniques have been taught to rescue people from water using throwlines.  The new water rescue equipment will be used in conjunction with specialist water rescue teams and boats based around the county.

24/9/05, Air Ambulance Receives £121.

The county air ambulance trust have received £121.00, raised during the Annual Barbecue and a collection during a car wash. 

2/9/05, VMDS to be updated with mobile data.

All fire appliances in Hereford and Worcester are about to be updated with mobile data - communications software being added to the existing VMDS computer systems.  Firefighters will be able to receive firecalls by text message on computer, send status messages and send text messages.  The computer system will work alongside the existing radio system.  The software will be enabled week commencing 5th September.

2/9/05, Quiz Winner Announced.

The winner of the quiz in aid of the fire services national benevolent fund is Louise Gibbs of Bockleton, Tenbury Wells. The winning score was 48/50, the correct answers will be displayed here for a short time.

5/8/05, Appliance Room Door Replaced.

On the 23rd March 2005, the fire engine was stolen from the fire station, by crashing through the appliance room front door.  The door was replaced on Wednesday 3rd August, bringing the aesthetics of the station back to normal.

17/6/05, New Equipment for Firefighters.

We have taken delivery of new water backpacks to enable firefighters to extinguish small fires where it is difficult to access with the fire engine to get water to the scene.  These will be used at a range of incidents, from grass fires to rubbish fires etc.

We have also received two trauma packs, which when operational will enhance the medical care that firefighters can give.  The new equipment consists of Oxygen Therapy, to replace our old O.T. equipment, which will be compatible with the equipment that the ambulance service use, plus a range of first aid equipment, including burns packs, space blankets etc.  These will come on the run when everyone has been trained.

19/5/05, Fire Engine back at Tenbury.

The fire engine that was stolen from the fire station on 23rd March, has just been returned to us after major refurbishment and repairs.  The appliance has has a new coat of paint, several new panels, new bumpers, new windscreen, new locker shutters and new lighting.

2/5/05, Leading Firefighter Andrew Lloyd.

It is with deep sadness, that we learn of the news of the passing of Leading Firefighter Andrew Lloyd, of our neighbouring station, 54 Bromyard.  Andy passed away at midday, on Friday 29th April 2005, following illness.  Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues at this sad time.

23/4/05, Car Wash raises cash for charity.

Firefighters washed cars at the fire station in aid of the FSNBF and Tenbury Primary School.  A total of £334.32 profit was made, which was split 49% / 51% between Tenbury School and the Benevolent Fund.

A big thank you goes out to all who supported us for these two very worthwhile causes.

Pictures can be seen in our gallery.

24/3/05, Fire Engine Stolen From Fire Station.

At around 23.55 on 23rd March, a man broke into the fire station, by breaking a window in the appliance bay door.  He then stole a fire engine, one man having to jump clear as it crashed through the closed appliance bay door.  The appliance was pursued by police officers. It was followed for around 5 miles, when the vehicle crossed the busy A49 at Woofferton and crashed into a field.  The watch manager was telephoned at home at around 00.05 by fire control and informed.  Firefighters had to standby at the station all night, and all of the following day as the premises were not secure.  Firefighters, property department, senior officers and door specialists spent the day clearing up the damage and collecting a spare appliance, and re-stowing the equipment.  It is estimated that £4000 damage was caused to the fire engine, and around £10000 damage to the fire station.

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7/3/05, Firefighters Trained.

Tenbury firefighters have now completed a two day course, learning how to deal with an incident requiring a large number of people being decontaminated at Conventional, Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear incidents.  The firefighters could be called upon to assist at such an incident if it were to occur, and would use the equipment carried on the Incident Response Unit, based at Droitwich Spa and Hereford Fire Stations.  Part of the course involved training with the new 'Gas Tight Suits', that have now replaced the old 'Chemical Protection Suits'.  These new GT suits have now been placed on-the-run on the fire appliances

4/3/05, New Look for Website.

The new Tenbury Fire Station website has now been uploaded.  There are still a couple of pages to be uploaded.

If you spot any broken links, or errors on pages, please email the webmaster, by using the Contact link at the top of the screen.