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Yellow Weather Warning for Snow as Temperatures Drop Across the County

With the temperatures dropping, the Met Office has issued a Yellow Weather Warning for Snow that will affect Berkshire and many other parts of the UK.

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Council Tax Consultation 2025-26

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority is consulting Royal Berkshire residents and staff on Council Tax funding for the next financial year until 12 noon on 31 January 2025.

We invite you to provide feedback as part of our survey.

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Fire Kills: Protect Your Home With Smoke Alarms

In partnership with the National Fire Chiefs Council’s monthly Fire Kills campaign, we are urging residents to consider purchasing more smoke alarms for their homes this January.

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Get FireFit! Join Our Free Fitness Programme For On-Call Firefighters

Are you interested in becoming an On-Call Firefighter? Sign up to our free fitness training programme that helps you prepare for the recruitment tests.

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Milestone Moment in Construction of Service’s New Training Centre

The last module of our new Training Centre building was hoisted into place earlier this week, marking a key milestone in the redevelopment project.

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Investing in your Fire and Rescue Service

Delivering the Sixth Priority of our Community Risk Management Plan.

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In November, we responded to emergency incidents within 10 minutes on 73.1%

of occasions.

Target 75%

Your Service

Our Commitments

We are dedicated to achieving our six Strategic Commitments for the people we serve in Berkshire.

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Fire Authority Meetings

Details of meetings of Royal Berkshire Fire Authority. Links to the agenda and reports can also be found here.

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Consultation and Engagement Hub

We aim to consult and seek feedback on our services to ensure that we understand our communities’ needs and expectations so we can develop our services.

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Transparency

We are committed to providing greater openness and financial transparency.

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Our Performance

Every year, we set targets for our performance to ensure we are delivering what we have promised in our strategic commitments.

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Celebrating Safely

Advice on how to minimise the dangers of fire when organising or attending an event.

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