Paignton Fire Station

09/12/2025

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Over 40 years at Paignton Fire Station. Chief Fire Officer thanking Graham Isaac for his dedicated service. Think you could fill his boots!! (New boots supplied) Visit Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue website to find out more. Congratulations on your retirement Graham.

22/10/2025

Rain or shine the training continues, to be at the top of our game for when the call comes in. You could be part of the team. Visit Devon And Somerset Fire And Rescue Service website for more information.

14/10/2025

Congratulations to Isaac Fairlie on completing his stage 2 development review. Isaac is on the home straight to become a competent Firefighter and then onto driving 🚒. Paignton On Call are still recruiting. Do you live or work within 5 minutes of the Fire station and want to be part of the team, visit Devon and Somerset Fire And Rescue Website for more information.

17/09/2025

Find out about how to become an on-call firefighter in Devon and Somerset. Learn more about essential criteria, firefighter training and the firefighter application process.

07/07/2025

We’re very much looking forward to attending the Hookhills Village Cherry Pie Fayre on Saturday 12th July. Come and say hello. 🚒

Today as part of our ongoing promotion of the Cherry Pie Day , Bradley Kersey one of our core committee members arranged for a watch from Paignton Fire Station to meet him for a photo opportunity. 📸📷

Hookhills Village Cherry Pie Fayre in association with Hookhills Community Centre would like to thank him and the fire watch crew for taking the time out of their day 🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏

The fire crew will also be in attendance at the event on Saturday July 12th so pop along and say hi to them and get your own photos with, or in the fire engine.
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10/05/2025

We are recruiting for paid on-call firefighters to join our team at Paignton Fire Station. If you are at least 18 years old, live or work within 5 minutes of Paignton Fire Station and have thought about a career in the fire service please visit DSFRS website for eligibility and details on how to apply.
https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/careers/on-call-firefighters details

Find out about how to become an on-call firefighter in Devon and Somerset. Learn more about essential criteria, firefighter training and the firefighter application process.

01/04/2025

Yesterday we said farewell to Minnie.
Minnie has been a valued member of the on call team at Paignton for over 6 years. We wish her all the best for the future.

On-call firefighters play a crucial role in responding to emergency calls from home or work, ensuring the safety of the local community. Paignton Fire Station is particularly interested in individuals who live or work within 5 minutes of the station.  

For more information on the recruitment process and to apply, please visit the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service’s vacancies page.

https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/careers/vacancies/on-call

01/03/2025

Blue Watch Torquay and Paignton would like to thank Mike Owen from DAF Trucks UK for bringing along a demonstrator tipper truck for us to have LGV familiarisation on.

Training like this is really beneficial for us as we get an opportunity to get hands on with the truck, identify hazards and use Mike’s expertise to give us a better understanding of this type of vehicle especially as they evolve with all new modern features. This in turn will enable us to be best practiced when we attend incidents involving LGV’s.

We would like to thank Mike for giving up his time to come and deliver this important training and we look forward to working with him closely in the future to further enhance our knowledge.
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09/02/2025

🎬A short film of our recent charity ladder climb put expertly together by one of our own Ben, firefighter on Blue watch Paignton. 🎬

26/01/2025

We have been experiencing a high number of calls following the heavy rain in Devon and Somerset earlier today, with more rain expected to sweep across the area this evening.

Water levels are likely to keep rising, with roads becoming flooded. Please do not drive through floodwater, especially where warning signs have been put in place.

Just 30cm of flowing water can make a vehicle stuck or even sweep it away.

19/01/2025

🪜🚒 Charity Ladder Climb 25th January- Beacon Quay 🚒🪜

On the 25th January firefighters from Blue watch at Paignton & Torquay Fire Stations will be taking part in the firefighters charity ladder climb.

The challenge will be to ascend the ladder as many times as possible in 1 hour.

Blue watch will be commencing this at 10am next to Below Decks at Beacon Quay- Torquay Harbour.

The crew will also be competing to get the highest number of ascents against other firefighters across the country.

Please come along to support and cheer us on and if you can spare some pennies to go towards an amazing charity please use the link to donate.

Help DSFRS Fitness Advisors raise money to support The Fire Fighters Charity

16/11/2024

🚨Amazing news for our community 🚨

Yesterday we had a community defibrillator fitted outside our fire station on Cecil road.
Torquay Fire Station have been working tirelessly to raise money for their community defibrillator project and as part of this they have generously donated this defib to our community.
Thanks to all those that have so generously donated to this charity to make this possible and a special thanks to Torquay fire station for their commitment to this project.

Hopefully it will never be needed but if it is required it is accessible to all and in an emergency you may be directed to collect this defib by the ambulance call operator who will give you a code to access it.

Although not necessary as defibs are simple to use, here’s a useful link on what a Defibrillator is and how to use one.
Also there is a link below should you wish to donate to this charity

https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/how-to-save-a-life/defibrillators/understanding-defibrillators-what-they-are-and-how-to-use-them

https://gofund.me/42e4c75e

British Heart Foundation