Bicester Fire Station

28/10/2026

🎨 There’s still time to enter our Christmas Card Competition! 🎄

Open to young artists aged 4–12! ✨

Our Christmas Card Competition closes at midnight on 31 October, so there’s still time to get creative and send us your festive design! 🎅

🏆 The winning artist will get to meet the crew at their local fire station, and their design will feature on our service Christmas card this year!

Further information in the link below 👇

https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/fire-and-community-safety/design-our-christmas-card

27/10/2026

Tonight at drill there was some spooky going’s on as our newest two recruits helped out with a hazardous materials scenario, where a poisonous gas had accidentally been produced by a mixture of two chemicals with one person reported missing.

We used this scenario as an incident command assessment for one of our Firefighters going through his level one incident command process, we are pleased to say he passed with flying colours and moves on to his next assessment.

One of our new recruits Ff O’Driscoll said ‘This was a fantastic opportunity to witness a simulated hazardous materials at a realistic venue, who needs the ghostbusters when you have Bicester fire station crew to come and rescue the casualty it was very exciting!’

If you own a property that would be suitable for us to use as a training venue we are always on the look out please get in touch.

27/10/2026

🚒 We are training in the area of Ashdene Road this evening. This will be a mock up of a real incident so please do not be alarmed by seeing our appliances there - we can still let you past 🚒

23/10/2026

🎨 Half-term activity sorted! ✅

Calling all young artists aged 4–12 across Oxfordshire! 🎄

We’re launching our first Christmas Card Competition, and this year’s theme is:

🕯️ Candle Safety

We want children to get creative and design a festive card that helps share an important fire safety message.

🏆 The winning artist will get to meet the crew at their local fire station! 🚒

Grab the crayons, pencils and paints and let the creativity begin! 🎨✨

👇 Tag a parent or carer who has a little artist at home!

Further information on how to enter in the link below:
https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/fire-and-community-safety/design-our-christmas-card

21/10/2026

🚒 Please join us in welcoming Owen and Luca to the Bicester crew! 👨‍🚒

Last night marked their first official drill night at Bicester Fire Station, following the exciting arrival of their uniforms and firefighting kit earlier in the day!

Here they are pictured at the end of drill, looking smart and ready to get started. 👏

Both will soon be beginning their On-Call Basic Training Course, taking the next step towards becoming operational firefighters. We’ll keep you updated on their progress and look forward to sharing more once they’ve completed their training and are out on the run!

👋 So, if you spot Owen and Luca out and about on a fire appliance in the coming months, be sure to give them a wave and show them your support.

Welcome to the team, Owen and Luca! 🔥🚒

19/10/2026

Fired Up Fitness Challenge Bicester Fire Station

We recently teamed up with local personal training instructor and coaching group Fired Up Fitness to put eight ladies through their paces in a unique firefighter fitness challenge.

The session was designed to give participants a real insight into the physical demands of being a firefighter and to test whether they could complete a range of firefighter selection-style assessments. Wearing full firefighting PPE, the group tackled a series of strength, endurance and functional fitness exercises.

The session highlighted not only the importance of fitness within the fire and rescue service, but also demonstrated that many people are capable of far more than they realise.

The aim of the event was to build confidence, break down barriers and show that firefighting is an achievable career path for anyone willing to put in the effort and commitment. By the end of the workout, every participant had pushed beyond their comfort zone and proved that they were stronger, fitter and more resilient than they initially believed.

A huge thank you goes to Fired Up Fitness and everyone who took part. It was fantastic to see such positivity, teamwork and determination throughout the session.

The smiles said it all 🚒💪

If you are interested in becoming an On Call firefighter - email [email protected] or take a look at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/council/fire-service-recruitment/firefighter-vacancies

14/10/2026

🎨 🎄Calling all young artists in Oxfordshire!

We’re launching our first Christmas Card Competition for children aged 4–12!

🕯️ The theme is: Candle safety

We’d love children across Oxfordshire to get creative and design a Christmas card that helps share an important message about staying safe around candles this festive season.

🏆 The winner will get the chance to meet the crew at their local fire station!

✨ Get creative
🖍️ Design your card
🕯️ Think candle safety
🎅 Add a little Christmas magic!

More information on how to enter in the link below ⬇️
https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/fire-and-community-safety/design-our-christmas-card

07/10/2026

07/10/2026

During last nights training session we carried out two extrication techniques- a full roof removal and dashboard roll.

A full roof removal would be required when we need the space to bring an injured person out of the vehicle taking into consideration their injuries, most commonly C spine and back pain to ensure no further injury is caused.

A dashboard roll is a technique used to create space in the footwell of the front of the car where a persons feet or legs may be trapped.

Ff Massingham led the drill as part of closing out his road traffic collision area of development work, he said ‘This was a fantastic opportunity to work on my practical skills in as close to realistic setting as possible. After practicing this a numerous amount of times, fully leading this session tonight has given me the confidence to use these techniques on real incidents’.

For road safety information as the nights start to grow longer and bad weather is more common please visit https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/fire-and-community-safety/community-safety/safety-our-roads