Ponteland Community Fire Station

20/03/2023

Thank you for everyone who came to our Charity Car Wash and Station Open Day at the weekend.

We managed to raise over £400 for The Firefighters Charity in just 3 hours so thank you very much for all of your generosity.

14/03/2023

15/03/2022

What a great morning our Community Safety Department and Ponteland Retained Crew have had presenting to year 12 students from Ponteland High School about the importance of Driver and Passenger Awareness.

10/03/2022

💙💛 UKRAINE COLLECTION UPDATE 💙💛

Thank you to the residents of Ponteland and the surrounding area for your generous contributions of essential items to those affected by the events in Ukraine.

We have received large amount of items including clothing, tinned food, toys and nappies which are now on their way to the Council's central collection point to be sorted and shipped. The photo below is the overflow from our main storeroom which was full of items!

Because of this great response and as the operation moves into the next phase we will be stopping our collection point and the blue bins outside our station will be removed shortly and after that time we will be unable to accept any further items.

Thank you again for your tremendous support.

💙💛 UKRAINE COLLECTION UPDATE 💙💛

04/03/2022

💙💛 ESSENTIAL ITEM COLLECTION POINT FOR UKRAINE 💙💛

Residents in Ponteland wishing to make essential item donations to those in Ukraine can now do so at the majority (see link below for full list) of our Fire Stations all around Northumberland including your station right here in Ponteland.

Items that are much needed include the following but please see the link below for the full list:

- Personal hygiene products (New and unopened)
- Medical supplies (first aid kits, bandages etc)
- Supplies for Children (crayons, sweets, small toys etc)
- Instant Food (porridge, soups, canned goods)
- Clothing (New Items including underwear, tshirts, pyjamas etc)
- Other Items (torches, sleeping bags, blankets, power banks).

There are 4 blue bins outside the front of the station, please place your donation into the corresponding bin and the items will be passed onto the Northumberland Communities Together team who will ensure it reaches those displaced by the events in Ukraine.

The collection point will be checked regularly and is monitored by CCTV.

For more details please visit here:
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/About/Supporting-Ukraine.aspx

Thank you for your support.

💙💛 ESSENTIAL ITEM COLLECTION POINT FOR UKRAINE 💙💛

Find out how to support Ukraine in Northumberland.

06/11/2021

It was a busy night for the Service and the Ponteland crew were out most of the evening attending calls through out the area and also supporting other stations.

We still need more crew though to help us keep the appliance available 24x7. The application window has now closed for our February 2022 course however we're pleased to report that we have several candidates going through the selection tests and who will hopefully make it onto the course.

Firefighters across Northumberland were faced with a busy Bonfire Night as their fire control handled 343 calls.
Crews attended 60 bonfires but there were no serious instances of abusive or violent behaviour.
Read more >> https://nland.uk/fireworks

26/10/2021

Keith Carmichael, who was a Crew Manager here at Ponteland, has turned off his alerter for one last time after completing an impressive 28 years of service to Ponteland and the surrounding area.

We are grateful for your service, sense of humour and commitment but also for the sacrifice that his family has had to sometimes endure such as all those disrupted mealtimes and disturbed nights and not knowing when you`d be back.

So thank you Keith and thank you Carmichael's.

You`ve left a big hole on station and will be greatly missed.

30/11/2020

Are you interested in being part of the crew here at Ponteland Fire Station?

- Do you live or work within 8 mins of the station?
- Would you be able to give 50+ hours of cover each week?
- Do you have a reasonable level of fitness?
- Are you ready for a new challenge?
- Are you enthusiastic and ready to learn new skills?

If YES then please check out our new website below for more details and to apply!

If you`re still not sure and have some questions about what being an On Call Firefighter entails then pop down on any Monday Night at 7pm and we'd be more than happy to answer them.

An On-call firefighter responds to a range of emergencies. They do everyday jobs until the call comes, they then become professional firefighters. 

27/11/2020

Congratulations to Gary on passing 4 weeks of intensive training to become Ponteland's newest recruit and will be part of the crew protecting Ponteland and the wider area from next week.

We still have room for more in our shiny new fire station so get in touch via this page if you want further details.

The closing date for applications for the next recruit course in March is end of this month so there's only a few days left.

Congratulations to our newest cohort of Trainee Firefighters who successfully passed their Breathing Apparatus phase today.
They now move on to serve their local communities at Bellingham, Berwick, Ponteland, Hexham and Rothbury. 👏🔥

10/11/2020

Interested? We'd love to hear from you if you live or work in Ponteland, Darras Hall or Dinnington or anywhere inbetween.

We are recruiting for On Call Firefighters if you live within 8 mins of your local Northumberland fire station then click the link and make an enquiry.
Our West Hartford Fire Station is NOT On Call - full list is on our website.
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Fire/On-call-firefighter-recruitment.aspx