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FIRED UP
Fire Station Open Day
For the first time in almost 20 years, Oundle Fire Station is opening up its doors to host a family-friendly Open Day.
On Saturday 2nd September, from 10am until 4pm, the Station will welcome residents to take a look around and find out more about what the firefighters do.
services including Northamptonshire Police and the air ambulance.
All profits from the Open Day will be donated to The Fire Fighters Charity, which supports current and former members of the Fire Service who may be suffering from mental, physical or
There will also be a BBQ and refreshments, including an ice cream van, coffee van and cake stalls. Lots of prizes will be up for grabs with a traditional tombola and raffle, and there will be a host of child-friendly activities taking place.
All profits from the Open Day will be donated to The Fire Fighters Charity
social issues.
Watch Commander Matt Prior said:
“It’s been a very long time, almost
two decades, since we held an Open Day in Oundle, so we can’t wait to welcome everyone to the Station. We’ve had a fantastic response already from businesses and residents who have
very generously donated prizes to the raffles, and we’d like to thank them all. Hopefully people will have lots of fun,
This will include a bouncy castle,
treasure hunt and quiz, and young
people will also get the opportunity
take a look around the fire engine, squirt water from some of the hoses and be shown some of the equipment that firefighters use when they attend an incident.
There will also be stalls from other emergency
but it also gives us the chance to tell people what we do and how we engage with the local community and keep them safe.”
Oundle Fire Station is crewed by eight on-call firefighters who respond to alerters when there
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