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Animal friendly oxygen masks provided to fire stations across Cambs

We consider pets to be part of the family – and thanks to animal-loving firefighter Neil Hoskin, every fire station in Cambridgeshire is now equipped with special animal oxygen masks. The Smokey Paws masks are designed to help save the lives of four-legged, two-legged, and even no-legged friends. Station and area commanders from across Cambridgeshire …

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Ely’s former fire chief hangs up his helmet after almost 30 years

The former station commander at Ely Fire Station has hung up his helmet for the very last time, after almost three decades of service. Ely resident Alan Brown, the Head of Emergency Planning and Resilience at Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service, said the county is in a ‘significantly robust position’ in the event of a …

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Students taught to stay safe

Pupils from primary schools across East Cambridgeshire recently visited Ely Fire Station to learn about staying safe at home and outside. Eight different workshops were set up, during the week long event, covering road safety, the internet, railways, animal safety, water awareness, fire safety, buying of safe goods and antisocial behaviour. The special programme, known …

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Horse rescued from Soham swimming pool during busy afternoon for fire crews

Firefighters had a busy afternoon in Soham yesterday, rescuing a horse that had fallen into a swimming pool and extinguishing trees that were on fire at around the same time. At 4.37pm two crews from Cambridge and one from Newmarket were called to a home in The Coates to rescue a horse that had fallen …

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Hate crime: show compassion to victim rather than call out offender, say police

Hate crime is nationally on the rise – but rather than challenge perpetrators, police advise witnesses to focus on the victim instead. Sergeant Phil Priestly, of Ely Police Station, told Spotted in Ely that the best plan of action was to “empathise and be compassionate towards the victim”, rather than be drawn into an argument …

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