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What we do
What we do
The role of a firefighter is exciting, varied, and challenging. Every day is different.
Our work essentially falls into three key categories:
Response
Firefighters deal with a range of emergency situations such as:
- fires and road traffic collisions (RTCs)
- flooding and sea rescue incidents
- emergencies that may involve hazardous materials
- co-responding with other services
Fighting fires and saving lives is still a crucial part of the firefighter’s role, however, just as important is the work that they do to prevent fires and accidents from happening in the first place.
Prevention
Our firefighters have a key part in educating our communities, to try to make a safer and healthier environment for everyone. They spend a considerable amount of time carrying out Safe and Well visits to vulnerable people’s homes and delivering safety sessions at schools. Our fire investigation team provides valuable information about the causes of fires. This helps us to ensure that we understand risks and target our resources effectively.
Protection
Our protection work is all about making businesses and the economy stronger, and our communities safer. Our firefighters visit high-risk and tall buildings, including flats, hospitals, schools, and vulnerable businesses to keep us safe and reassure those who live, work or visit Jersey.
We also advise companies on fire safety legislation, to keep their staff and customers safe and help their businesses to grow. Where necessary we can go further and take enforcement action, including prosecution where we feel the risk is significant.
On-Call
Our wholetime crews are backed up by our on-call firefighters. These part-time Watches based at both our Western and St Helier stations.
Our partners
To ensure we can help make Jersey's community as safe as possible, our work is supported by many services, organisations and charities.
Emergency Planning
Emergency Planning works to review risks, develop emergency plans and test responses in preparation for a major incident or emergency.
Training
To ensure our crews are always prepared, we train rigorously and develop our knowledge in a range of activities, on and off-Island.
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