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London Fire Brigade Fire Cadets. Email is at: [email protected].

All social media for LFB Fire Cadets is managed on a voluntary basis and any responses to questions will typically be between 9am and 5pm. Fire Cadets scheme is an exciting youth engagement programme which offers young people the opportunity to work alongside volunteers from the Brigade and from the community over 12 months to gain a recognised BTEC Level 2 qualification and life skills they can u

se in the work place. Currently the scheme is running in all 33 London Boroughs including the City of London.

11/06/2026

To mark National Volunteers Week, we hosted a celebration evening at Bat & Ball in Covent Garden on Friday for our incredible Volunteer Cadet Instructors.

Senior leaders, including Deputy Commissioner Mat Walker and Assistant Commissioner Pamela Oparaocha, attended to recognise the incredible impact of volunteers across 26 units, who collectively contributed 9,339 hours and supported 500 young people this past year!

Alongside 5 and 10-year Long Service Awards, we introduced newly designed challenge coins which are a nod to the brigades history at Lambeth headquarters.

The three peer-nominated award categories were as follows:
The Quiet Impact Award,
The Community Champion Award,
The Innovation Award.

After all the hard work they put in, it's only right that our amazing teams get a well-deserved chance to let their hair down. Everyone enjoyed some lovely food and drinks, electronic darts, pool, and the less said about the efforts at karaoke the better....

Congratulations to all of our award winners, and a massive thank you to everyone who worked hard to ensure a great night was had by all!

01/06/2026

Happy Volunteers Week!

This week we are shining a light on our amazing Volunteer Cadet Instructors, culminating in their Celebration Evening on Friday night.

They are not experts, they work, study, juggle family life, and manage hectic schedules like everybody else. The only difference is that they belive in what the Fire Cadets programme has to offer, because they see first-hand the impact it can have on young people.

They come up with fun new games for the Cadets to try, often get soaking wet demonstrating drills, and are always ready to listen and understand what our young people are facing.

Developing great friendships amongst their units, watching Cadets grow in confidence week by week, or simply receiving a 'thank you' can mean the world to them and keep them coming back to give up another few hours of their free time.

So today, and always, thank you for everything you do!

31/05/2026

A huge well done to our Havering Cadets and instructors, who helped Hornchurch Blue watch raise over £950 yesterday for Fire Fighters Charity 🥳

The Firefighters charity provides a wide range of support to UK fire service personnel, including those who have retired and their families, as well as volunteers.

We had a great time and finished the afternoon off with a water fight in the warm weather 🌞

12/05/2026

On Saturday our Officer Cadets from Havering & Dagenham joined our fire investigation team and DAC Jamie Jenkins at the National Red Plaque Fire service memorial in Essex.

The memorial honours Firefighters and control staff from across the UK who dedicated their lives to serving their communities.

The service included the inauguration of the new K9 memorial, a statue that honours the service of Fire and Rescue dogs, and the important roles they play in fire investigation, search and rescue, and Firefighter welfare.

We were honoured to represent at such a special and meaningful event.

08/05/2026

A huge royal congratulations to two of our Volunteer Cadet Instructors, Nick & Scott, who have attended garden parties at Buckingham Palace this week!

The garden parties have been held to recognise the service of volunteers and emergency services workers for contributions to their communities.

Nominating just two of our incredible volunteers is always a challenge, but both Scott and Nick have spent several years giving up their own time in order to support young people across London.

Nick is a former Firefighter who brings a wealth of operational knowledge, and some terrible dad jokes, and Scott is well known for going above and beyond when it comes to creating and building new games and challenges at his Cadet Unit.

Thank you both for your dedication!

27/04/2026

What a fantastic weekend for us and London Fire Brigade!

Not only did we have a brand new group of Volunteer Instructors completing their practical training with us but we enjoyed open day events at the TCS London Marathon supporting Fire Fighters Charity

Well done to everyone involved in supporting this jam-packed weekend and all those waking up with sore feet this morning!

16/04/2026

Some of our team can remember when you couldn't use the landline at the same time as the internet 😬

13/04/2026

Since last year, the Mayor's office of Barnet has begun appointing Mayor's Cadets, from several uniformed youth organisations. This has enabled Cadets to become involved in several civic events.

Leading Fire Cadet Evelyn Taylor from our Barnet unit has been one of the first to undertake this role in the borough. She has attended several events with the Mayor, Councillor Danny Rich, such as a citizenship ceremony, Holocaust Memorial, and Armed Forces day.

YOU London

26/02/2026

High standards, higher ladders 🤩

Thanks to Paddington fire station for an incredible experience for our young people!

Address

169 Union Street
London
SE10LL

Telephone

+442085551200

Website

https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/community/young-people/fire-cadets/

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