Cowes Fire Station

A retained fire station on the Isle of Wight serving the Cowes area and the Isle of Wight as a whole.

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Come along and see us today at Cowes Community Club on Park Road.

Tours of the appliance, meet the crew, win some prizes to support the firefighters charity.

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Come and join us at the Isle of Wight Community Club on Park Road in Cowes today until 4.

Meet the crew and try your luck to with a blaze the bear with the @firefighters999

#firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Thank you to all who came down to see us today.

Best dressed award goes to William who arrived wearing his copy of our new Lightwight fire kit and with his own fire engine!

#firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Come down and join us today on Cowes parade for the RNLI 200 open day!

Tour the appliance, meet the crew and enjoy the weather!

#firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

This week marks 40 years of service at Cowes fire station for our Watch Manager Robin Orledge.

A fantastic commitment to the people of Cowes and the wider island!

@HantsIOW_fire
#Cowes #oncall #firefighter

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Today we're at Northwood House for the Coronation picnic in the park. Pop along and say hello to the crew!

#firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Keep your eyes peeled for William today. He is trying to visit as many @HantsIOW_fire stations as possible as he trains for a 100 mile challenge raising funds for @firefighters999.

10 Isle of Wight stations today.

Please read his story and donate here- https://t.co/KJSOcyvCS3

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Tonight the crew from Cowes were joined by @eastcowesfire73 and Ventnor for an incident scenario at Ryde Fire Station.

4 BA teams were committed to search the ground, first and second floors for casualties.

#Firefighter #oncal #cowes

[Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service @HantsIOW_fire]

🚒 Crews from across the #IsleOfWight were busy overnight with an electrical fire in a Newport hotel kitchen, before firefighters were called to a bedroom blaze within a first-floor flat on the other side of the river.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/Nd1NPK8k8J

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Merry Christmas from all of the crew at Cowes Fire Station.

It's been a busy day for us so far with an Automatic Fire Alarm at 0143, another AFA at 0400 and a domestic fire in Gurnard at 1637.

#Firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Turnout 05-12-2022 2315

H72P1 was mobilised with crews from Newport to a garage fire on Cowes Road.

6 BA, 2 hose reels and a main jet were used to extinguish the fire which also involved a car.

#Firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Turnout 12-09-2022 1810

H72P1 was mobilised to an RTC persons trapped in Gurnard.

On arrival a car was found to have left the road and ended up on top of a hedge.

4 people self extricated with minor injuries.

#oncall #firefighter #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

We at Cowes Fire Station are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.

On behalf of all the crew we offer our sincere condolences to the Royal Family at this time.

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Turnout 14-08-22 2017

H72P1 was mobilised to a fire in the open in Arctic road copse. On arrival the crew found a small fire in a clearing with obvious signs of multiple previous fires.

Please don't light fires, especially in these conditions!

#firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Busy day for Cowes today.

1634 mobilised to standby at Newport fire station while Newport dealt with an incident in Shalfleet.

H72P1 mobilised again whilst on our drill night to a Flat fire with persons reported in East Cowes.

Third shout of the day was to standby at Ryde.

[National Fire Chiefs Council @NFCC_FireChiefs]

It's hot out there!
The water can still be very cold and can lead to cold water shock and drowning.
If you find yourself in trouble in water #FloatToLive
If someone is in trouble in water call 999.
Ask for Fire inland and Coastguard at the coast.
#BeWaterAware

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

17-07-2022 1628

H72P1 mobilised alongside crews from Ryde, Shanklin, East Cowes and Freshwater to a hay store and field well alight. Both were quickly prevented from spreading any further.

Owners digger used to turn over and damp down hay.

#firefighter #oncall #cowes

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Today we have been out and about at several community events to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee.

Lots of interaction with the local community, tours of the appliance, fire safety advice and a few chats with potential recruits. Also got our picture taken with HRH herself!

[Cowes Fire Station @Cowes72]

Tonight we celebrated 20 year of service for CM Young and CM Ward. They received their certificates and medals from GM Harden.

We also said goodbye to CM Young who was presented with his leaving certificate by GM Harrison and present from the crew by WM Orledge.

#cowes #oncall

[Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service @HantsIOW_fire]

🚒 We've been helping @SolentNHSTrust make sure our communities can #GetBoosted

4️⃣7️⃣0️⃣ hours given by our people to assist the vaccination effort since January
1️⃣5️⃣ fire stations as pop-up clinics
➡️Jabs @StMarys54 from 1-8pm today

Here's why and how @Cowes72 got involved 👇