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A former bricklayer, electrician and personal trainer are among seven new apprentice firefighters set to start work at fire stations across County Durham and Darlington. The new recruits...

County Durham and Darlington Fire Service has teamed up with New College Durham to offer a brand-new course to help people prepare for a career in the fire...

On-call firefighter Dan Hale.After his Merchant Navy career was cut short by injury, Dan Hale became a mechanic. But he always felt that something was missing.Now...

On-call firefighter Tracey Laws.Bishop Auckland mum Tracey Laws dreamed of another career in the uniform services after more than a decade in the Army.And the former...

On-call firefighter Connor Mallinson.Not many people can say they work for both the ambulance service and the fire service.But Connor Mallinson certainly can.The 28-year-old doesn’t...

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) has been rated as one of the best performing in the country in a new report.In a report...

On-call fireighter Karl Sichert.As a child Karl Sichert dreamed of driving a fire engine.Little did he know that 30 years later his childhood ambition would become...

On-call firefighter Connor Turner.A Durham canoe instructor is the third generation of his family to be saving lives as an on-call firefighter.;Connor Turner followed in the...

Barnard Castle on-call firefighter Stuart McFarlane.When Barnard Castle butcher Stuart McFarlane is not chopping up meat, he could be cutting up cars or putting out fires.That’s...

Cinnamon Filipiak is an on-call firefighter in Barnard Castle.She’s a New Zealand bartender who followed her dream of becoming a firefighter more than 11,000 miles away from...