Nether Stowey Fire Station

17/03/2026

*********FIRE*********

Incident type - Vehicle fire
Time - 21:06
Mobilise - V67P1
Crew WM WOODHOUSE, TCM PEARCE, FF WEBB, FF EVANS, DFF HEAD.

Crews were mobilised to a vehicle fire that had been called in by a member of the public passing a car park between the pines cafe, and lydeard hill! (7 mile stone Carpark)!
When crews arrived they found one van well alight with no signs of the vehicle owner or anyone that may have been known to the vehicle. Crews extinguished the fire using 2 breathing apparatus, 1 HRJ, 1 Thermal image camera, cutting tools, and approximately 5000 litres of water. The incident commander requested the attendance of the police due to the nature of the incident.
We believe the vehicle was a VW CADDY and red in colour.
Crews have now returned back to home station washed down and prepped the vehicle ready to respond to another incident.

08/03/2026

03/03/2026

****** fire shout******

Incident - chimney fire
Location- Kilve
Time - 18:21

Crew - WM WOODHOUSE, CM BARBER, TCM PEARCE, DFF HEAD, FF SULLY, FF HICKS

The new appliance has been put straight into action tonight to a chimney fire in Kilve.

A crew of 6 were mobilised by fire control to a property in Kilve where the occupants were concerned about a fire within the chimney! Upon arrival the Incident commander liaised with the occupant of the property and quickly got to work with the crew to extinguish the open fire and remove the debris from the hearth, once this was removed the crew could look up into the chimney breast and could see the fire had self extinguished.
Crews used a thermal image camera to check the whole chimney breast throughout the house for any hot spots and monitor a reduction in temperature from the chimney. The incident commander gave the occupant some words of advice about what to do next and to get the chimney swept as a precaution. Crews packed away the tools and handed the incident back to the home owner.

03/03/2026

********Good news alert********

Out with the old and in with new!
We have had our trusty old steed replaced with a brand new AWD 4X4 appliance, we have received our new familiarisation training and it’s now available for emergency calls!

We would like to say a special thank you, to our fantastic workshop staff that have worked hard over the past few weeks getting it all prepared and finalised ready for delivery to our station. Did you know chelston workshops help look after all of our fleet to keep all emergency vehicles available all year round.

Look out for us in our new appliance and give us a wave 👋.

15/01/2026

🎊🎉🎊🎉 BIG NEWS ALERT 🎊🎉🎊🎉

CONGRATULATIONS

FF STACEY PEARCE

For the last week FF Stacey Pearce has endured one of the most difficult parts of her career and passed her INCIDENT COMMAND qualification. After several assessments both written and practical Stacey got the results she deserves. Stacey will now be able to take the pump and crew out in charge of incidents. This is a massive achievement and a very difficult course to pass but Stacey’s hard work and dedication to continually improve herself has been rewarded by gaining this qualification. Stacey will now form part of the management team at our station and give us more availability to continue to serve our community and surrounding areas.
We wanted to say a massive well done and good luck in your new role.

07/01/2026

🎊 Happy retirement to our Group Commander Jamie Dickenson 🎊

02/01/2026

🚨📟 Shout 📟🚨

🔥 Fire Industrial
📆 02/01/26
📍 Hinkley Point C
⏰ 03:37
🚒 KV67P1, KV62P1, KV62P2, KV62W1,
KV71P1, KV61P1, KV61P2, KV61A1,
KV69C1, Flexi Duty Officer and an
Operational Assurance Officer.
🧑‍🚒 WM Woodhouse, CM Barber, FF Hicks,
FF Brewster, FF Head

Crews were mobilised to alarms sounding and reports of smoke in an office block on the Hinkley Point C site. Crews arrived and liaised with the HPC FRS who were already in attendance and confirmed there had been a fire in an air conditioning unit. The fire had been extinguished and crews proceeded to check the building for further signs of fire using breathing apparatus. The building was then ventilated using positive pressure fans before the incident was left in the care of HPC FRS and DSFRS crews returned home station.

01/01/2026

🎊🚒 Happy New Year 🚒🎊

Nether Stowey Fire Station would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.

We would like to thank our family, friends and primary employers for their continued support. Behind the scenes of on call firefighters are families that forgive us for leaving half way through dinner when our pagers go off, and employers who allow us to respond from work…. You are all part of the fire service family too…. Thank you 🙏

01/01/2026

🚨📟 Shout 📟🚨

🔒 Gain Entry
📆 24/12/25
📍 Stogursey
⏰ 19:35
🚒 KV67P1
🧑‍🚒 WM Woodhouse, CM Barber,
FF Evans, FF Hicks, FF Head

KV67P1 was mobilised to a gain entry in Stogursey. The sole occupant of the property had become locked in when the key to the door had snapped in the lock.
Firefighters used small tools to remove the snapped key from the lock and gave advice to the occupier before returning home station.

24/12/2025

🚨📟 Shout 📟🚨

🔥 Fire Agricultural
📆 23/12/25
📍 Fiddington
⏰ 17:41
🚒 KV61P1, KV61P2, KV62W1, KV67P1
🧑‍🚒 WM Woodhouse, FF Pearce,
FF Hicks, FF Head

The crew was mobilised to a make up request from an ongoing incident nearby.
On arrival the incident commander gave a brief that a damaged electrical armoured cable had caused a fire in a well stocked straw barn.
Crews had made good progress to extinguish the fire using x2 BA, x2 HRJ (Hose reel jets), x1 TIC (Thermal Imaging Camera), small tools and a short triple extension ladder, along with the farmer operating a telehandler.
The incident was scaled down and resources relieved, leaving KV67P1 as a watching brief.

23/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who is working over the festive period to keep our communities safe.

In an emergency, please dial 999.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.