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    HWFRS Financial Settlement

    After setting its budget for the current 2025/26 year, HWFRS had to make £1.2m of efficiency savings to address central government funding cuts and inflationary pressures. These savings have already been delivered this year without any changes to front‑line services. However, the Government’s recent grant announcement in December 2025 proposed a further £1.2m reduction in funding

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  • Working smoke alarms save lives: HWFRS

    Working smoke alarms save lives: HWFRS

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is reminding people that working smoke alarms save lives. Read more

  • Firefighter Awareness Sessions – Come and find out more about becoming an On-Call Firefighter at Worcester Station

    Firefighter Awareness Sessions – Come and find out more about becoming an On-Call Firefighter at Worcester Station

    On-call firefighters play a vital role in Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service’s varied work across the two counties. Read more

  • Fire doors are essential part of protection: HWFRS

    Fire doors are essential part of protection: HWFRS

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to remember “the difference that an effective fire door can… Read more

  • Keep your student digs fire safe with HWFRS

    Keep your student digs fire safe with HWFRS

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is reaching out to students who are heading into accommodation for the new… Read more

  • Vital Fire Service exercise will take place in Brampton Bryan on Sunday

    Vital Fire Service exercise will take place in Brampton Bryan on Sunday

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) will be carrying out an important training exercise incorporating a series of… Read more

  • Hereford open day will give insight into life of a firefighter

    Hereford open day will give insight into life of a firefighter

    Budding young firefighters will get to live the dream at Hereford Fire Station’s open day on Saturday 23 September. Read more

  • HWFRS advice on buying carbon monoxide alarms

    HWFRS advice on buying carbon monoxide alarms

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to choose carefully when buying a carbon monoxide alarm. Read more

  • Topping out ceremony marks project milestone for new joint services hub

    Topping out ceremony marks project milestone for new joint services hub

    Partners have come together to mark the final beam being placed into the structure of the new joint police and… Read more

  • Worcester Fire Station ready for open day return

    Worcester Fire Station ready for open day return

    Preparations are hotting up for Worcester Fire Station’s first open day in at least four years on Saturday 16 September. Read more

  • Businesses urged not to overlook fire safety

    Businesses urged not to overlook fire safety

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is urging businesses to ensure fire safety remains a top priority in the… Read more

  • Stay Gas Safe by getting appliances checked

    Stay Gas Safe by getting appliances checked

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is encouraging all consumers to have their gas appliances checked annually by a… Read more

  • Memorial to remember hero firefighters on 30th anniversary

    Memorial to remember hero firefighters on 30th anniversary

    Relatives and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service firefighters past and present marked 30 years since two heroes lost… Read more

  • Get sweeping for Chimney Fire Safety Week

    Get sweeping for Chimney Fire Safety Week

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is calling on homeowners across the two counties to get their chimneys swept… Read more

  • September is 30days30daysUK month with daily preparedness and protection tips – so track our social media channels for wide range of messages

    September is 30days30daysUK month with daily preparedness and protection tips – so track our social media channels for wide range of messages

    September is approaching fast – and that means so is our 30days30waysUK personal protection and preparedness campaign. Read more

  • 30 years on – remembering two firefighters who lost their lives in tragic fire

    30 years on – remembering two firefighters who lost their lives in tragic fire

    Next Wednesday – 6 September – marks 30 years since two firefighters lost their lives fighting one of the biggest… Read more

  • Plenty to entertain at Malvern Fire Station open day

    Plenty to entertain at Malvern Fire Station open day

    Malvern Fire Station is welcoming the public to its first open day in four years on Sunday 3 September. Read more

  • Fire at industrial premises in Rotherwas, Hereford

    Fire at industrial premises in Rotherwas, Hereford

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is currently tackling a fire at an industrial premises in Hereford. Read more

  • Spate of incidents prompts tumble dryer reminder

    Spate of incidents prompts tumble dryer reminder

    After a recent surge in the number of tumble dryer fires, Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is reminding… Read more

  • HWFRS: Working smoke alarms on every level of your home are a must

    HWFRS: Working smoke alarms on every level of your home are a must

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is reminding people that at least one working smoke alarm on every level… Read more

  • Malvern Fire Station’s doors open on Safety Saturdays

    Malvern Fire Station’s doors open on Safety Saturdays

    Malvern Fire Station’s doors will be open to the public during August with a series of Safety Saturdays. Read more

  • Aerial ladder platform helps crews fight severe fire in derelict building

    Aerial ladder platform helps crews fight severe fire in derelict building

    The aerial ladder platform from Worcester Fire Station was required at a severe fire in Cofton Hackett, near Birmingham. Read more

  • Four crews tackle building fire near Hereford

    Four crews tackle building fire near Hereford

    Four Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews were called out to a building fire near Hereford at 3.37am… Read more

  • Be safe with your barbecues this summer

    Be safe with your barbecues this summer

    Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is calling on people to take extra care with barbecues over the summer… Read more

  • Crews ferry occupants of stranded narrowboat to safety from river

    Crews ferry occupants of stranded narrowboat to safety from river

    Specialist water crews came to the rescue when a narrowboat got stranded in the dark in the middle of the… Read more