Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Cornwall at 12/08/2022 23:59

In the last 24 hours crews have been mobilised from 26 of our 31 community fire stations to incidents across the county.

We have also been assisted by our colleagues in Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, and likewise our crews have assisted them with incidents over the border.

The service continues to experience sustained operational pressures from wildfires as well as business as usual incidents such as road traffic collisions.

Our Critical Control Centre has handled a significant number of 999 and non-emergency calls, with 261 incident logs being generated in a 24 hour period, and 422 in the last 48 hours.

As well as this, the Critical Control Centre also assist other fire and rescue services by taking 999 calls for other parts of the UK where BT are experiencing a sudden rise in 999 calls.

We would ask everyone to take care while enjoying the fine weather and consider what they can do to prevent fires and other emergencies.