Charlie Burdock

Fire Cadet with @cornwallfrs - Cornwall based Fire Service photographer/videographer - Contact: [email protected] - Cornwall999

[Bodmin Community Fire Station @BodminCFRS]

We’re thrilled to announce our 2024 Open Day! 🚒🎉

🗓️ Sunday, August 11th, 2024 10am -3pm

📍 Bodmin Community Fire Station

Join us for stalls, displays, demos, refreshments, and more! 🧁☕🍦 Check out our fire engines and chat with the crews. 🚒🧑‍🚒🔥

#BodminFireStationOpenDay

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

Our new recruits only had to wait a matter of minutes for their first shout as we were mobilised to a water rescue incident near #Rumford on Monday evening.

This was followed by a fire involving a small gas canister in #Wadebridge & a second water rescue incident near #StMerryn.

[Bodmin Community Fire Station @BodminCFRS]

Firefighters from Callington & Bodmin - with a specialist line rescue team, safely saved a dog 🐶 named Daisy from a 25m deep mineshaft in Harrowbarrow. Daisy, with just a sore paw, is now safely back with her family. 🐾🚒 #AnimalRescue #LuckyPup

[Charlie Burdock @cornwall999]

@FF_LiamSmith @CornwallFRS 8.4 Callington? 👀

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

Nadelik Lowen Onen Hag Oll!

[Phil James @alrightkidders]

@SCTUnimog @MercedesTruckUK @UnimogUK It was a bit chilly for a bit of off road training ❄️☃️

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

Our weekly training was based around Safety at Height And Confined Spaces (SHACS).

We focused on work restraint systems and hauling various items of equipment aloft before returning to station for an e-learning module about fires in waste sites.

[Charlie Burdock @cornwall999]

@CallingtonTSSO @LiskeardCFRS Rocking the Movember tash Shaggy! 😎🚒

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

𝐂𝐌 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐖 𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍 - 𝟐𝟓𝟕𝟖
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍: 9th September 2012
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓: 31st October 2023

We recently bid a fond farewell to Crew Manager Matt Sleeman after 11 years of service to the communities of Wadebridge and beyond.

[Charlie Burdock @cornwall999]

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Crews should not have to be in fear about getting attacked whilst on jobs, but unfortunately this happens. An example from @manchesterfire last night when a crew came under attack by getting bricks thrown at them!

#EmergencyServiceAware #bonfirenight2023 #BangOutOfOrder

[Charlie Burdock @cornwall999]

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In Manchester over this bonfire weekend and really shocked with what I’ve heard and experienced. It’s become a real issue that Emergency Services get attacked whilst at incidents, and this doesn’t just happen on bonfire night.

[Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service @manchesterfire]

Sadly, we’ve just been dealing with a fire involving multiple wheelie bins and timber in Little Lever, and our crew has come under attack from people throwing bricks.
This is #BangOutOfOrder – our staff work tirelessly to protect others, they do not come to work to be attacked 😡

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

This evening we simulated a fire in a commercial premises using synthetic smoke and casualties.

[Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service @DSFireUpdates]

We are experiencing a high number of calls due to flooding across Devon and Somerset.

We need to keep emergency lines open for genuine emergencies, so please only contact us if there is a risk to life.

Follow our advice about flooding here: https://t.co/9ad0hDvc0V

[Cornwall Extrication @ExtricationCFRS]

Wow!! 2nd Place in Heavy rescue Challenge alongside @northumberlandfire_rescue awesome result pleasure working with North Humberland FRS #extrication team.

@CornwallFRS

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

This evening we carried out some classroom based e-learning while enjoying some cream teas (jam first) courtesy of the owner’s of Baxter 🐶 - thank you! 😁

This was followed up by a practical ladders session to assist the development of our newer recruits.

[Kathryn Billing @CornwallCFO]

We will never forget the 2,977 who lost their lives and have continued to be impacted by the tragic events that took place on 11 September 2001.

This included 343 firefighters who lost their life that day.

[CFRS Workshops @WorkshopsCFRS]

Over the last month we’ve been extremely busy keeping on top of defects. We’ve also got @StMawesCFRS’ first away in for gearbox repair and @StAustellCFRS’ operational support in for a head gasket repair. 🚒🚨🛠

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

We aim to train in realistic conditions to best prepare us for the real thing. Here’s a short video showing how smoke can reduce a firefighter’s visibility to almost zero.

Thanks to @BodminCFRS for use of their facilities last night during our weekly drill.

[Wadebridge Community Fire Station @WadebridgeCFRS]

This evening we carried out Safety at Height and Confined Spaces (SHACS) training on the picturesque banks of the River Camel.

A firefighter was committed on a line to carry out a casualty assessment and prevent further escalation by stabilising the situation.