Laura Wheelton

Fire and Leadership Studies Graduate - Wholetime Crew Manager - ATACC faculty - TRiM Practitioner

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Yet another fantastic #ATACC course completed! Pleasure being orange team mentor and proud of you all!

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Thanks so much everyone 🥰 x

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

The hard work payed off… now Crew Manager Wheelton 👩🏼‍🚒 onwards and upwards to the next chapter!

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Busy Sunday, out at 4am and then back in time for our wrap up event at Knutsford fire station! Over 250 coats given out to help keep people warm this winter Great to see the local community come to support the Wrap Up Knutsford drop in day.

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

@kirstyslhornby @NBACuk Well done guys! 👏 x

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Fantastic day yesterday at our first ever regional @WFSUK1 North West meet up! Some really interesting workshops on offer and I certainly took a lot away from the fire investigation and interview preparation. Lovely to see some familiar faces as well as meeting some new ones!

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Busy few weeks with work! Some interesting incidents as well as wilmslow fire station’s open day 😁 great introduction to my new role as temporary crew manager and great to start embedding in the community 🚒 #femalefirefighter #crewmanager #newstation

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Mega weekend! Tough mudder on Saturday with my fiancé and then 100km bike ride tackled today with the whole clan wearing our lion shirts proud in memory of my amazing little brother 🦁 I’m going to sleep well tonight 😴

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Busy first few tours at my new station! lots of training for our new recruit, station area and risk familiarisation visits as well as jobs! #firefighter #crewmanager #newstation #trainhard

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

So proud of my fiancée @mattyvr632 and his fellow apprentices who are walking round the Chester city walls in fire kit to raise money for charity! Link to donate is below 👇🏾 https://t.co/Nh0EbAXsvO

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

First day as temporary crew manager on Charlie watch wilmslow yesterday! Busy day with station familiarisation, height safety training and lots of grass fires! #firefighter #femalefirefighter #crewmanager #newstation

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

@_DF42 @Obidoc Got a temporary promotion so off to Wilmslow fire station as a crew manager 😊

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Last shift done!! Lymm white watch thank you for the send off and for the most amazing four and a half years! It’s been an absolute pleasure and I’m going to miss you all so much! Thanks for being there for me through thick and thin, here comes the next adventure!

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Busiest week in work I’ve ever had with both the on call and whole time including a major incident, multiple grass fires, forest fire at delemere forest, and multiple standby movements to name a few!!

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Absolutely fab day at lymm fire stations open day yesterday and then first performance for a few years today with the fire choir! #firefighter #femalefirefighter

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

101km cycled today from Manchester to Blackpool for the fire fighters charity!

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Busy couple of days back in work! Lots of training completed as well as a multi agency RTC training exercise ‘exercise smart way’ #firefighter #femalefirefighter #training

[Jon Caulfield @J_Caulfield4492]

First of ten Station Performance and Operational Assurance exercises, utilizing the SMART motorway at our Training Centre. Thanks for your support @HighwaysNWEST. #jesip

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

Just had the most amazing weekend on the latest #ATACC course! Absolute pleasure to be a mentor for black team and a fantastic way to spend my 8th year as an instructor meeting some new faces and catching up with old friends! @ATACCGroup @ATACCFaculty

[Laura Wheelton @Laura_Wheelton]

@AndyPattonIRL @ATACCFaculty @Obidoc Team black forever!! X