News
07 Sep 2017
CDDFRS has today become the first organisation in the North East to pledge their support to terminally ill employees.
Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Stuart Errington signed up the TUC’s ‘Dying to work’...
07 Sep 2017
at High Handenhold fire station on Saturday 23 September 2017 10:30am - 1:30pm. Come and join us for a coffee and a natter.
07 Sep 2017
Saturday 16 September 2017, 10am - 2pm held at Consett community fire station
01 Aug 2017
Emergency services in Durham will become the first in the UK to join forces in a unique collaboration to improve the lives of people with dementia.
On Monday 31 July, County Durham and Darlington...
25 Jul 2017
On the evening of June 19th crews from Consett were called to reports of a man not breathing as part of the Emergency Medical Response Service (EMR) provided by our service.
On arrival the crew...
20 Jul 2017
Recruitment opens 21 August 2017
If you live within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station and want to make a difference to people’s lives and your community, this could be the role for you.
Why not...
09 Jun 2017
As Scrappy our lovely fire dog is planning on hanging up his fire boots to retire next summer, we thought we best start the search for our new fire hunter.
Our fire dog is involved in the...
31 May 2017
The building known as Barnard Castle Emergency Services building, is shared between County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS), Durham Constabulary, North East Ambulance Service (...
31 May 2017
Fire risk alert issued over Beko tumble dryers:
Beko has issued a safety alert about the fire risks of 3,450 of its condenser tumble dryers. The affected models are DCU9330W, DCU9330R, DCU8230,...
30 May 2017
A new life saving piece of equipment is now in place at our joint emergency service station at Barnard Castle, thanks to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
A donation made by GSK, a pharmaceutical company...