Wellington Fire Station

13/06/2026

02/06/2026

🚒 Activity update for May🧯

In total the station attended 34 incidents throughout the month. The incidents were varied and included:

🔥 10 x Fires
🚗 3 x RTC
🔒 1 x Locked in a vehicle
📟 5 x Standbys
📞 2 x Special service calls
🚨 9 x Alarms
🔐 3 x Gain entry for ambulance
🛑 1 x Stood down

This month we look forward to welcoming Poppy to the crew who has joined the station from Bovey Tracey.
We shared a post in May to share consideration around parking. If you believe that a fire engine can’t access a certain road or area due to parking please let us know on this post.

02/06/2026

BREAKING: This is the M5 in Somerset right now after a crash.

Two lanes are shut following the crash southbound between junctions 26 and 27.

There are major delays on the motorway as a result.

We'll bring you live updates on this crash shortly.

29/05/2026

We are very excited to welcome Poppy who will be joining us in June. A lovely tribute from her colleagues from Bovey Tracey for her service there. Well done Poppy.

26/05/2026

Crews were mobilised to help an individual who had fallen this evening, assisting our colleagues from the ambulance service. We encountered access issues due to parking on an already narrow road. In an event of a multi pump response access issues like this would severely hamper a quick response. If we can ask everyone to be considerate when parking ensuring adequate room for passing emergency vehicles. Thank you.

21/05/2026

FF Tiley starts his 100 mile trek today in support of his wife’s fundraising for her gastric pacing surgery. FF Smith, FF Jennings & FF Bellamy have joined him today to walk Exmouth -> Sidmouth. FF Tiley is then continuing on to Lyme Regis, camping there tonight, ready to go again tomorrow! Big thank you to everyone for all your support so far! If you’d like to donate you can do so here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-fight-gastroparesis?lang=en_GB

14/05/2026

We’d like to take a moment to recognise the hard work and achievement of Kal. Kal has passed his stage 3 competency assessments and can finally remove his diamonds. These are on helmets to identify firefighters in development compared to firefighters who have met the standard to be classed as competent.
Kal has demonstrated his service knowledge, knowledge of our safe systems of work and competency in all core skills. Well done for all your hard work!

02/05/2026

Good evening all, quick update on our activity through April. We attended 25 call outs which puts us on 124 calls this year.

We attended:
9 x Alarms 🚨
5 x Standby 📟
9 x Fires 🔥
1 x Gain entry 🔐
1 x Gas leak 💨

08/04/2026

Crews attended a fire call this morning in a domestic property in the Wellington area. A battery was on charge in the house when the owner heard noise coming from the battery and the charger. The occupier acted swiftly by moving it outside before it exploded.
This shows the importance of monitoring your battery operated devices when charging.
Batteries give off toxic smoke when entering thermal runaway hazardous to all in the vicinity. Charge batteries in suitable areas, keep exits clear and use reputable manufacturers.

For further safety information please visit:
https://www.dsfire.gov.uk/safety/home/battery-fires