Wadebridge Community Fire Station

31/08/2026

As August draws to a close, we wanted to take a moment to share just how busy the last three months have been for us.

Since the beginning of June, our crews have been mobilised to 95 incidents in just 92 days:

🔥 June: 27 incidents
🔥 July: 27 incidents
🔥 August: 41 incidents

That’s an average of more than one incident every day over the past three months! This is on top of various community events:

🧑🏼‍🏫 School Visits
🚨 Blue Light Day
🛶 Raft Race
🐷 Carnival
🏏 Cricket
🚒 Open Day

Behind every response are our dedicated on-call firefighters, who balance their commitment to the fire service alongside their jobs, families and home lives. They respond from their homes and places of work, often at short notice, giving up valuable personal and working time to make sure our fire appliances are available to protect our community whenever possible.

Our firefighters have committed countless hours of availability over these past three months and their dedication, flexibility and willingness to respond when the call comes is something we’re incredibly proud of.

29/08/2026

Due to the sheer number of generous donations we receive, a THIRD clothing bank has been added! ❤️

We’re pretty sure this could be a first for Cornwall… three clothing donation banks at one fire station! 😲👏

The continued support from our local community has been fantastic and rather than turn donations away, we wanted to create even more capacity for people to donate.

♻️ Where do your donations go?

The clothing and footwear donated through the banks are collected, sorted and either reused or recycled, helping to keep unwanted textiles out of landfill. Donations that can’t be reused are processed appropriately for recycling, while the scheme also raises valuable funds for The Fire Fighters Charity.

The charity provides vital support to serving and retired firefighters and their families, helping with physical, mental and social wellbeing when they need it most.

So, if you’re having a clear out, please remember our three yellow banks at the station. Bag it, donate it and help make a difference!

A huge THANK YOU 👏 to everyone who continues to support us.

25/08/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our Open Day and helped make it such a brilliant day for the whole community. It was great to welcome so many familiar faces, meet new ones and share a fun-filled day at the fire station!

We’d also like to say a massive thank you to all the volunteers who gave up their time to make the event possible and to our fantastic emergency service colleagues who came along to support us:

🚨 Polzeath Coastguard
🚓 Devon & Cornwall Police
🚒 Truro Community Fire Station

Your support helped make the day extra special and we really appreciate you being part of it.

Most importantly, thanks to the incredible support of our local community, over £2,000 has been raised between the Open Day and our recent cricket tournament! 🎉

The money will be shared between The Fire Fighters Charity and Wadebridge Community Fire Station.

📸 Lee Chapman

24/08/2026

24/08/2026

Our recent 6-a-side cricket tournament was an overwhelming success, with a fantastic turnout from our community.

Even with the crew having to dash off to two emergencies during the event, the cricket carried on and everyone had a brilliant time!

A huge thank you to Wadebridge Cricket Club for facilitating the day, Gary Cornish at The Cornish Cobbler for donating the winners’ trophies and Liz D**e for the baps and rolls.

And of course a massive thank you to our amazing community for coming along in force and supporting the event. Your support helps raise funds for both The Fire Fighters Charity and Wadebridge Community Fire Station.

Enjoy the photos and thank you for making it such a fantastic day!

📸 Lee Chapman

14/08/2026