Romsey Fire Station

At approx 8.20am this morning we were sent to landford with our colleagues from over the Hampshire border from Salisbury to a roof fire,
Upon arrival we were presented with heavy smoke coming from the roof & a further 2x engines & our Arieal Ladder Platform from St Mary's & water carrier from Hampshire, Romsey & Salisbury crews went into extinguish the fire,
... Successful stop to what was a different situation when we arrived!
Good team work from us & our neighbours! 💪
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Congratulations to our Firefighter Karen Ranger who is now a Trim practitioner, Trim is a scheme that when firefighters etc are exposed to difficult & traumatic incidents such as House Fires, Car Accidents etc, we're offered a Trim assessment for the limitation of mental health!

On Saturday we went along to Braisfield Social Club to help raise funds for Team Ellie Mae We had a constant stream of familys wanting to look round our engine! Even had a fire call at the end of the day to round off things! All enjoyed the event & glad we could raise some money!
... If you would like us to attend an event/school fete etc, details will follow!
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Busy day for us! 4x calls in total!
2x High Rise Automatic Fire Alarms (AFA), 1x standby at St Mary's this afternoon, 1x standby at Redbridge this evening,
... No 2x days are the same! 📟🚒
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Our page will fall silent today as we remember 2x brave Firefighters from Red Watch St Mary's, 9 years ago today they passed away whilst tackling a fire at Shirley Towers, R.I.P FF Alan Bannon & FF Jim Shears! Gone but not forgotten! X

Don't forget to change your clocks a hour forward today! ⏰
Also a good time to check your smoke alarms & even replace the battery! You should have at least 1x per floor,
Smoke alarms save lives!

Yesterday one of our appliances & our Environmental Protection Unit was mobilised to a big fire in Southampton, We were sent at approx 2.30pm to a make pumps x10, We helped our colleagues from various stations across the county to tackle the fire, also tasked with environmental protection with the water run off coming from the fire to prevent it going down the drains, Was great to see all 3x emergency services working together! 🚒🚑🚓

One of our Firefighters took a couple of hours off yesterday to go and give his 21st blood donation! Log onto www.blood.co.uk to find out more and help save more lives! Always such amazing friendly staff that are so helpful & kind! NHS Blood Donation

On Tuesday we were in Portsmouth Guildhall Square with our Environmental Protection Unit (EPU) along with our colleagues from the Environment Agency, We showed general public & local students what we have as first responders to protect the Environment in need of an Emergency

Happy pancake day! Whilst we all love pancakes! Here are some safety tips to keep you safe & enjoy your pancakes! - don't leave the pan unattended, - Keep out the reach of children, - if the pan catches fire due to the oil, DON'T throw water on it! Turn off the heat, close the door, get out & call 999!
... Hope you all have a "flippin" good evening! Don't get too "battered" with all the fun!
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Busy day for us Tuesday! 4x fire calls in total! 📟 1st - one of our appliances went standby at Salisbury fire station whilst they were on a 16 pump thatch fire (pic below) 2nd - whilst in Salisbury, the crews attended a house fire with our colleagues from Fordinbridge (pictured below), nobody was hurt & fire was extinguished by the crews, 3rd - our 2nd appliance left back at Romsey attended a minor Road Traffic Collison in Romsey, the crews gave medical care until South Cent...ral Ambulance Service arrival, then assisted moving the paitent onto a stretcher, 4th - a smell of burning coming from a house in Romsey - this turned out to be a false alarm!
No 2x days are the same!
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Tonight we said goodbye to Firefighter Matt Squires after 14 years service with us at Romsey! We wish him well in his future endeavours! You will be missed by us all at Romsey! Thank you for your service to the station & the community!

Apologies our page has been quiet last couple of days, This is the main reason why!🔥 We've attended this job a few times now as well as other calls! (More to follow) 🚒 Thank you to everyone for your support during these strenuous times! 👏 Community involvement! 💪

A new station visited for us today! One of our appliances (far left) was sent to standby at Fareham Fire Station for a couple of hours whilst they were on the big job in Andover!

Apologies our page has been quiet for the last couple days as we've had quite a few busy days! More details to follow.....
In the meantime our co-responder was called yesterday to a serious call in Cupernham Lane in Romsey, he would like to pass on a message and a thank you to the members of the public who's stopped to assist! Especially to the driver from Ace Liftaway Ltd who stopped & assisted with advanced medical care with our Co-Responder until the ambulance arrival!