Wigton Fire Station

26/11/2025

As some of you are probably aware, a few weeks ago during the floods our fire station was severely affected. The station became totally unusable and now requires renovation. While these renovations are ongoing, Futamura have been extremely accommodating and have allowed us to keep our fire engine, equipment, and PPE on their site. We are extremely grateful for this support, which has allowed us to continue serving the community.

Cumbria Fire Service would like to extend a huge thank you to Futamura for their kindness and generosity.

Futamura UK Ltd - Recruitment

30/08/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who came down to the station for our open day it was brilliant to see so many faces.

We’ve raised over £150 for the fire fighters charity thank you to everyone who donated.

The winner of the sweet jar was Kyle Brown with a guess of 855 and the correct amount was 853.

21/08/2025

OPEN DAY 🚒

On Saturday 30th of Aug Wigton fire station will be holding an open day between 1100 - 1400.

Come down and learn about the role of an on call firefighter, the equipment we use, and take a look around the fire engine.

There will be a demonstration from the crew at 1300.

All ages welcome. Looking forward to seeing you there.

24/02/2025

🚨Engagement session 🚨

Tomorrow night (25/2/25) there will be an engagement session down at Wigton fire station for anyone who is interested in joining the service.

The session will be between 1800-2000 come along and talk to some of the crew and ask any questions you might have about applying

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05/12/2024

YOUNG DRIVERS EVENING!

On Thursday 12th December Wigton Fire Station will be holding a young drivers evening between 18:30 - 20:30.

The session will be aimed at young drivers who have passed their test or looking to start learning to drive.

There will be a presentation from the crew and also VR headsets to learn what its like to be inside an incident

Plenty of tea and biscuits will be available parents are welcome to come along as well.

21/06/2024

Come down and see us after the parade tomorrow! 🚒

Our crew from Wigton Fire Station will be running a road traffic collision (RTC) demonstration at Barton Laws field tomorrow (between 2pm and 3pm) for Wigton Carnival.

Come along and say hello to the team and find out more about road safety.

09/02/2024

02/02/2024

‘Why should I close the doors of my house at night?’

This picture highlights the difference that closing your doors makes in the event of a fire.

Even a basic door with glass in can hold back a well developed fire, which may be the difference between a single room, or your whole house being destroyed in the event of a fire.



Photo creds: FDNY

01/02/2024

Tonight the crew teamed up with Aspatria crew to do some joint training, the two crews worked together to simulate an incident where one casualty was trapped under a vehicle and 3 others inside the vehicle needed treatment and extracted. The crews worked together to come up with a plan to remove the casualties in the safest and most efficient way and in order of importance due to the casualties injuries.

30/01/2024

This afternoon some of the crew took the appliance to see the reception class at St. Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School. The kids got a good look around the engine and learned about all the equipment that firefighters use. The class had some great questions like “are you allowed to go though red lights?” And “Why are the sirens so loud?” Was brilliant to see them all so excited about firefighting.

15/12/2022

There has been reports of children gathering around the pond area near the show fields and dog's off lead's.Please stay well away from open water and don't put others in danger.
We would like to encourage our community, including surrounding areas such as Aspartria,Silloth and Caldbeck,to share this message as well as the poster attached. In particular make children aware of the dangers of walking on ice in light of the tragic events at Solihull this week.

23/06/2022

🥳 WIGTON CARNIVAL 🥳

This Saturday is Wigton carnival day. The crew will be doing a demonstration at Barton Laws (The showfeilds) after the parade. We will be showing how we handle RTCS and cutting a car roof off and extracting a casualty. We would love to see everyone down on the field.