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July 8th 2026 – Residents and farmers urged to take extra care after busy day for fire crews in Northamptonshire
 Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service is asking people across the county to take extra care following a busy day of incidents for fire crews yesterday (July 7). Resources are being stretched with fire crews committed around the county attending incidents that have started in very dry conditions due to the warm weather. Yesterday, crews were called to 48 incidents, including several field fires caused by farm machinery. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Services is asking residents and farmers for their support to help prevent fires that where they can. People are being asked not to hold bonfires on their properties; and take extra care if using barbecues in gardens to avoid flames spreading to fences or hedges. Some of the bigger incidents yesterday included:· Four crews, including one from Leicestershire, attended a large fire on farmland on Sulby Hall Old Drive in Sulby, at around 12:40pm (pictured above). Firefighters used hose-reel jets, beaters and wildfire backpacks to put out the fire that had damaged a combine harvester and spread to 15 acres of land.· Shortly after 2pm we were called to an agricultural building fire at a farm on Raunds Road in Chelveston.Crews from Earls Barton, Wellingborough, Mereway, Kettering and Irthlingborough attended and found manure alight inside a barn. Firefighters used four appliance pumps and hose reel jets to tackle the fire, working alongside the farmer.· Just before 4pm, we were called to reports of a combine harvester and large amount of hedgerow and crops involved in a field fire near Yelvertoft. Crews from Daventry, Rothwell, Mereway and Kettering used hose reel jets to extinguish the fire, which is believed to have started accidentally. An after-fire inspection is taking place today and hotspots continue to be monitored.· Firefighters tackled a large field fire in Church Stowe after a hay baler had overheated and caught fire. Two crews attended the incident just after 5pm and used hose reel jets, wildfire backpacks and beaters to put the fire out, which had spread to two fields across 10 acres of land.· Crews attended a fire in a commercial premises on West Street in Moulton, shortly after 5pm, which had started in the kitchen and spread to the roof. Five fire crews attended the incident and wore breathing apparatus and used water jets to put it out.· Shortly after 9pm, crews from Desborough and Mereway attended a house fire in Newton Road, Northampton. Firefighters extinguished a fire in a front bedroom. The fire caused significant damage to the room and smoke affected the property. The cause was found to be an accidental electrical fault. Group Manager Neil Sadler said: “Although we were very busy yesterday, we were able to sufficiently cover all parts of the county safely throughout the day. As well as our own incidents, we deployed a large number of resources to assist other emergency services, including at a railway incident in Bugbrooke and supporting police in St Andrew’s Road in Northampton after the discovery of a suspicious device.“However we had several fires yesterday that could have been prevented, and that potentially diverts resources away from critical incidents. So we would ask residents to remain alert and follow the safety advice that we are putting out on our social media feeds to try and prevent any further incidents that may stretch our resources.“Please ensure that any cigarettes or barbecues are safely disposed of, and ensure you stay safe in and around the water. Please only call 999 if it’s a genuine emergency, as our Fire Control operators are extremely busy taking calls and deploying resources to these incidents.“We would also ask the farming community to take extra care, as overheated machinery can cause field fires that require many fire crews to attend and prevent the flames from spreading further.” |
Nov 10th 2025 – The Forcer Protocol – Safeguarding for Military Veterans
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| The Forcer Protocol |
| Northamptonshire Police is encouraging military veterans and their families to sign up to a potentially life-saving safeguarding scheme called the Forcer Protocol. The Forcer Protocol was founded by Claire Lilly and is named after her former husband Lance Corporal Alan Forcer, a veteran who suffered with depression and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following service in Kosovo and Northern Ireland. Tragically he died by suicide in 2020 after going missing. The Forcer Protocol enables police to ensure key information is available to them when searching for military veterans who are lost or reported missing. The service is free and run independently from police with the provider Safe and Found Online. Veterans, their families and carers can complete an online form and provide a variety of information which is held digitally on a secure platform, including photographs, a physical description, any medical conditions, mobile phone numbers of the veteran and friends, vehicle details, whether they have gone missing before, and whether they pose a risk to themselves. The information entered into the personal profile is completely confidential. Police can only access the profile, if the person featured is reported missing. Register now on the Forcer Protocol pages of the Safe and Found website: safeandfoundonline.co.uk/register.php . |
Sept 8th 2025 – Protect Your Pension From Fraud
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| Warning to #Protect Your Pension from fraud. |
| Savers and those reaching retirement age are being warned to protect their pensions and look out for criminals trying to catch people out of their life savings, with Action Fraud revealing a total annual loss of £17,567,249. This equates to roughly £48,129 lost to this type of fraud per day in 2024. Data reveals there were 519 reports of pension fraud in total and £17,567,249 lost in 2024, with an average loss of £33,848 per person.Action Fraud, with support from the Pension Scams Action Group (PSAG), launched a pension fraud awareness campaign, warning people to take extra measures to protect their pension scheme accounts and to be cautious of investment opportunity offers from criminals that could be targeting them How can you protect yourself against Pension fraud? Secure your online pension account: the account you use to manage your pension should have a different password to all of your other accounts. Use three random words to create a strong and memorable password, and enable 2-step verification (2SV). Ignore unsolicited calls about your pension: cold calling about pensions is illegal and likely a sign of a scam. If you’re thinking about changing your pension arrangements, you should get financial guidance or advice beforehand. Investment opportunities: don’t be rushed into making an investment. Remember, legitimate organisations will never pressure you into investing on the spot. You should treat investment opportunities with extreme caution if there’s: Pressure to invest (for example: time-limited offers), Downplayed risk of losing your money, Promised returns that sound too good to be true, Remember to Stop! Think Fraud and find more information on how to protect yourself from fraud here: Stop! Think Fraud – How to stay safe from scams What can you do if you have been a victim of pension fraud? Report pension scams: if you’re worried about a potential pension scam or you think you may have been contacted by a criminal, report it to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 2040. If you have made a payment: inform your bank or pension provider as soon as possible, they can help you prevent any further losses. Monitor your bank and pension statements regularly for any unusual activity. |
July 25th 2025 – Speaking up about domestic abuse
July 25th 2025 – CCTV Guidance with survey of where systems are
