Super busy day yesterday at our Open Day, lots of games, stalls & emergency vehicles in attendance, 10 x crew carried out a 1hr 47 min (interrupted by a shout 🚒) non stop ladder climb, scaling a massive 1623.7 metres(130 x 13.5m ladder), that’s one every 49 seconds on average💪

We’re still here !! it’s been so busy in the Station with shouts, community events and activities we’ve not been updating, poor excuse we know, but we’ll soon get all our shouts and business updated, in the meantime, delighted to announce we’re hosting our Open Day tomorrow.

10/06/24 14:02 - #S20P6 mobilised to a Fire Alarm in a care home, IC confirmed a fault in the system, No Equipment in use. (No:88) 🚒 🚒

Visit to the Station for the pupils from Melvich Primary, races to get kit on, tour around the pumps, using the hose-reels, operating the lights & sirens & learning key safety messages, lots of laughter and fun🚒 🚒 we never underestimate the positive impact we have on our youth.

The types of incidents SFRS attends is changing and different parts of Scotland need different services. That means changing how it works. Please complete this short online survey and help to shape the #FireScotFuture. https://t.co/wOdqX2xOIs

Thurso Community - Please come along to a open doors event on Friday 7th June 15:00 - 17:00. Everyone welcome! It's really important this event is well attended so to ensure your voice is heard.

03/06/24 10:52 - #S20P6 mobilised to a Uninjured Faller incident, 1 x adult Male lifted to a sitting position and then to his feet using a specialised lifting cushion, HFSV carried out as part of our #PDIR procedure crews gave reassurance and advice. (No:87) 🚒

#S20P6 crew in attendance at @RNLI open day at Thurso Harbour, fantastic sunny day supporting our colleagues, good excuse to show off our new Rescue Pump equipped with the very latest equipment available. #WeareSFRS @fire_scot

31/05/24 02:18 - #S20P6 mobilised to an effecting entry call assisting colleagues from SAS to gain entry to someone who had fallen within their house Door Buster in use to force entry within minutes of being in attendance allowing for a swift assessment of the casualty (No:86) 🚒

George the dachshund making the most of his visit to the Station last night whilst his owner was receiving a certificate of appreciation following assistance provided to crews responding during heavy snowfall earlier in the year.

Lovely gesture from a local business who gifted treats to the crews from the station that attended a fire on Monday (84) despite the damage and the heartbreak, she insisted thanking to the crews for being there when she needed us, wishing your business a speedy recovery 💪

29/05/24 13:33 -#S20P7 & #S20P6 mobilised to a toilet block on fire within a very large school building, The quick actions of school staff using several extinguishers prevented escalation, #SFRS crews cut away and ventilated TIC , PPV fan and covering jet in use (No:85) 🚒🚒

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as it considers changes to what its service should look like. On August 17th we will be throwing open our doors in the way of a Open Day to celebrate the Station turning 70 and throughout the year we’ll be holding more events like we have done in the first 4 months of the year.

Already since January we have carried out car washes, recruitment events, Brew with a Crew events and we are hosting an Open Door Event on the 7th June that will allow you to access our survey that will take account of the views of communities across the country………

We are very active in the development of young persons in our community, providing education and diversion tactics regarding Fire Related Anti-Social Behaviour and run week long courses aimed at 13-16 year old's to promote good citizenship, teamwork and communication skills…..

…..how we do it and want our community to know that we are here for them. You can request: Station Visits for groups, Fire Appliance visits to groups and schools, Home Fire Safety Visits or request use of our training room to host training events or similar…….

……we actively play a role in community initiatives alongside other emergency services or social care providers, our core business is as you would expect to reduce harm and attend emergencies to protect life, property and the environment were proud of what we do………….

Our Fire Station is more than a Fire Station it is a building that we open up to the community, be it a meeting place, training environment for small local groups or larger third sector groups who are needing access to local venues that can accommodate up to 20 persons…………….