Minehead Fire Station

17/08/2026

Mini Dust and Soot Tornados moving across the landscape.

17/08/2026

17/08/2026

🚨National Resilience Response.🚨
August has continued to be busy for obvious reasons.
Last Friday saw one crew from Minehead mobilised to Hampshire, to assist with wildfire operations in the New Forest.

This was part of a National Resilience operation to support the Major Incident declared earlier in the week.

Minehead crews were not the only resources deployed from Devon & Somerset.
On the same day Cheddar were in attendance.
Mineheads crew deployed alongside West Midlands FRS and Hampshire crews.

Plenty of mini dust tornadoes whilst crews spent the day, damping down and digging out located at the head of the fire.

Mineheads appliance was also spotted and recorded travelling along a deserted M27 and A31.
All thanks to one of our followers in Hampshire - Thanks for sharing with us Brandon 🚒🚨👍

01/08/2026

01/08/2026

🚨JULY 2026 Incident Responses🚨

Crews have remained busy again throughout July.

Our service key safety messages remain to be on high alert for Wildfires.
-Avoid having bonfires
-Avoid fire pits
-Do not use open fires, BBQs or fire pits in open areas.

Crews have been mobilised on 33 occasions again and calls for the first six months have now reached 163

We also attended Carhampton Village Fete.
Very warm but great meeting lots of people from the community, even if it was too hot and melted the iced creams 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦

July call types included:

Fires in the open🔥 x 8
Standby 📟 x 2
Alarms 🚨 x 12
Special service calls / Gain entry 🔐 x 6
RTC 🚘 x 1
Lift rescue ‼️ x 1
Haz mat small ☠️ x 1
Stood down before arrival ✋x 2

Sound interesting 🤔

Minehead are still actively recruiting new Firefighters who can provide availability during various daytime hours weekdays and also any weekend hours.

These are paid roles with flexible contracts depending on what level of cover you could offer.

Not only do you provide essential support to our community, but you will earn an additional income and receive full training.

This includes essential and transferable skills such as fire fighting and first aid that help in any walk of life.

If you are interested and want to arrange a meeting to discuss, drop a direct message to this page and someone will get back to you.
Alternatively, email [email protected]

Minehead News
Somerset County Gazette
West Somerset Free Press
Minehead Town Council
Exmoor News
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22/07/2026

With weather conditions set to remain dry, please take extra care when discarding smoking materials.

Camp fires and Bonfires should not be lit and the use of BBQs in the open is not recommended.

Although the has ended for now, we are still under a VERY HIGH wildfire risk. With tinder dry conditions and a small breeze, any small fires can develop quickly. In recent days we have seen bonfires leading to developing fires. Please don't light bonfires during this continuing dry spell, the embers from these can rise up into the air and land on tinder dry ground igniting the surrounding area in seconds.

No BBQs, No camping fires, and take your glass bottles home!

Thank you to everyone for your help in keeping our communities safe. Devon County Council Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service Somerset Council Dartmoor National Park Exmoor National Park Quantock Hills National Landscape SouthHams.com Devon Live Somerset Live Taunton Fire Station Torquay Fire Station Bridgwater Fire Station Crownhill Fire Station Greenbank Fire Station Camels Head Fire Station

17/07/2026

Today marks the first anniversary of last years tragic school coach crash near Wheddon Cross.😔

Foremost - Our thoughts are with Oliver’s parents at this very difficult time, along with all those children and teachers who were injured and onboard.🫶

Our thoughts are also with the families and close friends of those involved, along with the wider Minehead Middle School community.🙏

Whilst we take time to reflect today and especially this afternoon, we also extend our thoughts and thanks to the many members public who stopped to help. 🤝

Finally - we think about our Fire Rescue teams and all our other First Responder colleagues, who came together and worked alongside each other in such challenging circumstances.🫡🚒🚑🚓🚁

A tragic incident such as this has long lasting memories and implications for everyone involved, for all sorts of reasons.

Today we stand strong and we reach out to each other.
We offer our unwavering support to everyone involved.

No matter how you are affected, you are in our thoughts 🙏🫶

05/07/2026

🚨JUNE 2026 Incident Responses🚨

Crews have remained busy again throughout June.
Crews have been mobilised on 33 occasions and calls for the first six months have now reached 130

June call types included:

🔥Fires in the open x8
🗑️Fire in street furniture/bin x1
🚙Vehicle fire x1
🚛💥Fire involving Waste Lorry and Li-Ion battery x1
🔔Automatic Fire Alarm calls x12
👨🏻‍🚒Fire in Domestic property x1
🚘RTC x2
🚑Gain Entry for Ambulance or other concerned occupiers x5
🏚️Derelict building fire large x1
⚡️Lift Rescue x1

We were also happy to open the doors to support a Charity Motorcycle event that sees a Teddy travel around the UK in a nonstop relay.

https://relayriders.co.uk/

Pictures show the Teddy following his handover and ready for his next leg from Minehead down into Devon.

This year the Relay riders nominated charity for 2026 is ‘Mental Health Motorbike’

Mental Health Motorbike exists to create meaningful opportunities so that together we grow the greater wellbeing of the motorbike community.

The aim is to reduce su***de amongst bikers in the UK. They are building a free, dedicated national network of trained mental health first aiders who can support bikers and their families across the UK.

They do this through 1 to 1 and peer support, events, training activities and projects, working in partnership with other organisations and clubs.

Relay Riders Uk
Mental Health Motorbike Support Group (UK)

Alongside the incidents, crews continue to train each week on various topics and skills.

Over the last few weeks, the development crews have carried out pumping from open water drills and constructed makeshift dams.
This gave the crew the opportunity to train with both major pumps and the light portable pump.

Other Thursday drill sessions had crews demonstrate BA search and rescue skills.
They have also carried out a table top exercise in ‘Immediate Building Evacuations’.
A process used to systematically record and rescue occupiers in taller buildings involved in fire.

Sound interesting 🤔

Minehead are still actively recruiting new Firefighters who can provide availability during various daytime hours weekdays and also any weekend hours.

These are paid roles with flexible contracts depending on what level of cover you could offer.

Not only do you provide essential support to our community, but you will earn an additional income and receive full training.

This includes essential and transferable skills such as fire fighting and first aid that help in any walk of life.

If you are interested and want to arrange a meeting to discuss, drop a direct message to this page and someone will get back to you.
Alternatively, email [email protected]

Minehead News
Minehead Town Council
Somerset County Gazette
West Somerset Free Press
Exmoor News