23/10/2026
It’s now been 3 years, since Storm Babet passed through Debenham, creating devastation and loss for many.
Let’s reflect…
After a night of extremely heavy rain, and a morning of what seemed even heavier. The alerters went off for the Debenham Crew.
As they arrived at station just moments later, it was clear to see the drains had already failed and flood water had already entered the bay. They were sent to a job in Worlingworth. A lady was stranded in a flooded house. The water was rising.
As they left this job, a van driver entered flood water in front of the truck, they immediately needed rescuing.
The appliance was then sent to job after job by our control.
As other members of the crew were sent home from work early. They were asked to give help in the village, on foot. By this time the station was thigh high with flood water.
This Friday, on the 20th October 2023, was the busiest and most arduous day the crew have faced at Debenham.
The truck spent the evening at a nearby farm. A tractor was sent to retrieve this crew.
By 20:00 we were all home.
The truck however, didn’t come home until Christmas Eve. After extensive repairs and maintenance work was completed at our home base in Low Road.
This is the sort of work that brings us together. Due to our day jobs and hobbies, we all have various knowledge and skills which makes us unique. We rely on these, on top of the exceptional training we receive from the service. This particular day of the floods 3 years ago, was a reminder of the various abilities we hold as a crew.
Would you like to be part of this? Feel the adrenaline rush when the alerters go off. Are you willing to give your spare time to the local community?
We are recruiting on-call firefighters.
Please visit https://suffolk-firefighters.co.uk/on-call-firefighter for more information.
