@AFRSPaulton

Avon Fire & Rescue Service on-call fire station looking after communities in and around Paulton and BANES. Twitter account not monitored 24/7.

 Paulton, England
avonfire.gov.uk/
Joined October 2018
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We've received our appliance upgrade! Once serving the busy city centre at @AFRSTemple to now serving the community of Paulton and surrounding areas in Avon.
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Are you interested in becoming an on-call firefighter? Come along to our 'have a go' days to try firefighting exercises at one of our on-call stations: 🚒Nailsea 🚒Paulton 🚒Chew Magna 🚒Winscombe Find out more and register your place today: avonfire.gov.uk/all-areas/30…
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Crews from @AFRSPaulton have returned from extinguishing a bonfire that had petrol poured on it resulting in a casualty with burns. If you must have a bonfire please don’t be tempted to put an accelerant on it.
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Crews have returned from a large bonfire in Midsomer Norton. Extinguished using a High Pressure Hose Reel Jet. Working with @swasFT and an air ambulance crew to administer first aid.
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In the village this week there is a scarecrow hunt with over 50 to find, all made by people in the community! Here is our attempt out front of the station! 🤭🙈🚒 #ScarecrowHunt2020 #oncall #Avon
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This evening we had a visit from @AFRSBath and they brought their Turntable Ladder (TL) to show us some of its capabilities and familiarise ourselves with its layout. #AFRS #TurntableLadder #Firefighters #Oncall
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Our drill yesterday evening drew to an end the career for FF Kingman in which he completed a whopping 32 years of service at Paulton fire station. The crew wish him all the best for the future and a happy retirement! #TTFN #ThankYou #HappyRetirement #Firefighters #Avon #Avonfire
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Our crew was training down Midsomer Norton's Pit Path for our drill night last week. We practiced use of our Safe Working at Height equipment - specifically life lining down a slight gradient to practice our ability to access casualties! 🚒
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That looks better! 🚒👏 #InThisTogether #StayHome
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📟Our crew was paged at 2:48am to a car fire in Timsbury. Crews got to work extinguishing the inferno with 1 Breathing Apparatus and 1 Hose Reel Jet. 🔥🚒 #AvonFire #CarFire #OnCall
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Paulton holding a minutes silence at 12:00 today to commemorate the dedication, commitment and sacrifices of Firefighters across the United Kingdom. 🚒🤐😇 #FirefighterMemorialDay
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Just for a bit of fun! Any stations up for trying the SlapCloveHitch Challenge like FF Higgs! Are you up for it?🚒 #AvonFire #quarantine @AFRSTemple @AFRSHicksGate @AFRSWeston @AFRSBedminster @AFRSAvonmouth @AFRSSouthmead @AFRSPatchway @AFRSKingswood @AFRSYate @AFRSBath
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@MaidenheadFS @Trow_Fire_Stn
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Our crew and @AFRSBath attended a medical emergency this afternoon where we made use of our additional PPE provided to us to deal with any potential Covid-19 situations. The casualty was handed over to the @swasFT paramedics on scene. #AvonFire #OneTeam #COVID19
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We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives #thankyou #ClapForOurCarers
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Green Watch paid a visit to @RUHBath this evening to Thank the amazing staff and all who work for the NHS #clapforheroes @NHSuk @AvonFireRescue #999family
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👏👏 Tonight, we'll be joining the nation once again to give our NHS colleagues and keyworkers a huge round of applause, and to say thank you for working so hard for us all right now! 💙👏 Will you be clapping at home with us? #ClapForOurCarers #StayHomeSaveLives 👏👏
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Tonight's drill consisted of Safe Working At Height training where we use techniques designed to get injured casualties out of a building! Followed by some pizza gifted to us by @Dominos_UK #ThankYou #AvonFire #KeyWorkers
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Tonight's crew showing support to the NHS, carers and all key workers around the country! #ClapForTheNHS #ClapForCarers #ClapForKeyWorkers #AvonFire
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