Belper Fire Station

03/10/2026

This afternoon we attended a fire in a flat on Town Street in Duffield with 5 other crews from across Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service.

The A6 through Duffield was closed for a considerable time while crews worked and will remain closed into the evening while the scene is made safe.

03/10/2026

11/09/2026

We were a small part of the team that attended this incident. So sad to see the damage that fires can do.

30/08/2026

This afternoon we're over at Holbrook Sports FC for their community day, talking fire safety and maybe even recruitment for on-call firefighting if people happen to be interested.

Hope to see you here!

17/08/2026

Another busy night, being called into standby duties at Nottingham Road Fire Station in Derby at around 0300hrs, while resources in Derby were deployed at a fire in Hilton.

While crewing there, we were first mobilised to an area of grass and shrubbery on fire just off Station Approach in .

Then at 0506, we attended a House Fire on Grange Road in Normanton along with colleagues from Bolsover Fire Station, Alfreton Community Fire Station and Ascot Drive Fire Station. A fire started in the first floor bedroom and had spread to the roof space.

The family was alerted to the danger by working smoke alarms 🚨🚨🚨🚨and evacuated safely. Derbyshire Constabulary and East Midlands Ambulance Service also attended.

14/08/2026

Back from Barrow Upon Trent at 0615 this morning, a little rest only to be called to a deliberate fire on the Parks Recreation Ground close to the nature reserve.

The area is tinder dry and small fires can develop quickly. The whole of Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service is inundated with fires that have spread due to the weather. We were forunate that passers by saw the fire and alerted us before it has chance to spread.

Police have been been informed.

14/08/2026

Thursday was another busy one for crews around Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service including ourselves with several reports of fire in and around town, including at the River Gardens in . Our night finished with us being called to replace colleagues from Kingsway Community Fire Station at a Barn fire in Barrow On Trent.

12/08/2026

2 fires this morning before breakfast, the first at 0300 being despatched to a small fire in a microwave caused by overheated cooking on Kedleston Close, fortunately working smoke alarms raised the alarm before it became a bigger issue🚨🚨🚨

The second at 0520, a serious fire at Riverside Service Station in . Staff discovered the alarm sounding with a fire involving electrical equipment and called 999, again no persons were hurt thanks to working alarm systems alerting staff to the danger. 4 Breathing Apparatus wearers, 2 from ourselves and 2 from our amazing colleagues at Crich Fire Station extinguished the fire.

11/08/2026

That was a day that was!

It all started off so well. A morning visit to Greggs for a coffee and a sausage roll, nice sunshine, and plans to head to the Parks Recreation Ground for the Fleet Arts Field Day, for some fire safety discussions, and maybe even talking to people about being on-call firefighters since we are in fact recruiting!

But the world had different ideas today. As we turned onto Park Road, the field in sight, the gate being opened for us and visions of a delicious ice cream while talking to our amazing community, but alas, we get a chime on our appliances mobile data terminal and we're off to Stanton-By-Bridge near Swarkstone for a large fire in woodland with a dozen other crews from around the county. After being mobilised at 11am, fighting some fire and working with teams from all over Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service, then finally being relieved from that incident by the wonderful crews from Ashbourne Fire Station and Ripley Fire Station and back to Belper and ready for the next job at just after 7pm.

So our apologies for the organisers of The Field Day (that looked like an amazing event as we passed) for our lack of attendance.

21/07/2026

This past weekend we joined crews from across Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service as well as a wide range of other agencies and fire brigades from around the country helping with the Major Incident Wildfire in and .

Its so sad to see such devastation for the local wildlife and community.

Back home in we have seen a rise in the number of fires in open areas, particularly around the parks recreation ground and the nature reserve. We need to preserve the wonderful area and avoid such a horrible loss that we have seen in other parts of .

Avoid barbecues and fires in wild areas this summer.