3 Oct 2008
As Thames Valley Flood Awareness Month gets underway, the Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to be prepared for future flooding incidents.
3 Oct 2008
Fire crews from Deddington Station and the surrounding Cherwell area are inviting local people to have a go at being a firefighter for the day.
24 Sep 2008
A man who pulled his elderly neighbour to safety from a burning house has received the fire service's highest bravery award from Oxfordshire County Council's Chief Fire Officer.
19 Sep 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service is reminding parents to ensure their child car seats are correctly fitted after a mother and her two young children had a lucky escape.
19 Sep 2008
The Beijing spirit was alive and well when super-fit firefighters from Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service pulled out all the stops at the World Firefighter Games in Liverpool.
18 Sep 2008
Firefighters from Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service did 'lather' well by raising more than £5,000 in a countywide charity car wash.
16 Sep 2008
A specially-trained arson investigation dog was brought in to help find the cause of a fire at a disused building in Sandford-on-Thames during the early hours of Tuesday September 16.
10 Sep 2008
Firefighters from Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service will be swapping their hoses for buckets and sponges when they take part in a charity car wash day.
5 Sep 2008
Local authorities across the county are in close communication to ensure a coordinated approach should rainfall over the next few days worsen.
3 Sep 2008
Oxfordshire County Council’s Trading Standards and Fire and Rescue Services, together with Oxfordshire's five district councils, are now receiving bookings for their annual free electric blanket testing.
29 Aug 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue and Trading Standards services have issued a warning about a bogus advertising salesman claiming to be from the fire service.
11 Aug 2008
An Oxford resident emerged unscathed from a kitchen fire after quick thinking neighbours were alerted by a smoke alarm and called the emergency services.
11 Jul 2008
A super-fit team of firefighters from Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service has triumphed in a gruelling challenge to climb the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales.
9 Jul 2008
Oxfordshire County Council has welcomed the long awaited government business case for the regionalisation of the Fire and Rescue Service Control Centres, though it remains incomplete.
8 Jul 2008
Children at Edward Feild School in Kidlington are holding a special after-school event to raise funds for The Firefighters Charity, which supports injured firefighters and their families.
4 Jul 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service moved swiftly to tackle a caravan blaze which had spread to a hedge and the roof of a house in Wallingford.
1 Jul 2008
As the warm weather continues and the smell of sizzling barbecues wafts across the county, a timely warning has been issued by Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service.
27 Jun 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service is launching a project in the Banbury area to improve fire safety for people who live above business premises.
9 Jun 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service has condemned vandals who attacked The Slade Fire Station in Headington causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage.
3 Jun 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service received around 120 calls linked to flash flooding in parts of Oxfordshire on Tuesday June 3.
20 May 2008
A prolific charity fundraiser from Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service is turning to pedal power once more in his latest bid to raise cash for a life-saving cause.
19 May 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service has the highest proportion of female retained firefighters in the country, according to the latest available figures.
15 May 2008
The Fire and Rescue Service was called to an unusual incident at St Mary’s Church in Charlbury on the evening of Wednesday 14 May when one of the bell ringers became caught in the bell rope injuring his shoulder.
12 May 2008
Oxfordshire families have begun to sign up to a bold new fire and road safety pledge launched by Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service.
6 May 2008
Oxfordshire County Council's Fire and Rescue Service is urging the public to join in the fight to save more lives in the home and on the roads.
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