Tavistock Fire Station

12/10/2026

Tavistock Goose Fair is on this Wednesday.
We will be running a Car Park in aid of The Fire Fighters Charity
Guaranteed to be a busy day, it’s the closest Car Park to the fair and street vendors Open from 0800 till 2100

13/07/2026

Tough times and very hard work for the fire service at the moment with the current weather situation
We are getting a lot of heat related calls to deal with alongside our normal call outs

A busy weekend for us as well as all the surrounding stations, on Saturday we attended a farm workshop fire in Launceston, Cornwall to support Launceston, Callington and Liskeard where a farmhouse building 10m x 15 was well alight.
Following this we were sent to Plymouth to cover Greenbank area where we attended a garden fire and 2 fire alarm activations

On Sunday at 1134 alongside Launceston, Okehampton and Bere Alston we attended a tractor and bailer on fire in a field of bailed straw near Lifton, on arrival we had a rapidly spreading fire which had already consumed the whole field and was spreading to the next. Crews made up for further resources as it was heading for other fields and a farmhouse

A total of 8 appliances were requested, 2 4x4s with 2 Water Bowsers from Crownhill and Liskeard.
Crews attending from Cornwall and Devon were Tavistock, Launceston, Okehampton, Bere Alston, Princetown, Bodmin, Callington, Bovey Tracey, Plympton, Holsworthy, Welfare from Ivybridge & command unit from Honiton, a total of 54 firefighters attended at the height of the fire with more appliances coming in overnight to dampen down any hot spots

Crews retuned at 0430 this morning to make a final check that everything was out

Please be really carful, whilst it is so dry, please don’t have bonfires, bbqs or any type of fires where there is any possibility it could spread and if you have to, we ask you to stay with it at all times and have an extinguishing media until it is out.

A thank you to the farmers, who are also having a challenging time at the moment, they were there and helped us cut fire breaks and smothered areas with soil and to those who provided us with much needed drinks throughout the day.

The majority of fires start small but will spread fast in these conditions, consider carrying an extinguisher with you if you are working in a tractor or farm machinery especially when carry out work in dry fields, it may help and save your vehicles and in this case over 30 acres of straw if caught early.

A special thank you to our control room who are exceptionally busy at the moment, for accurately pin pointed the location of the caller within seconds of the initial call saving vital time and then resourcing the incident with the right appliances and equipment
Although not seen on the incident they carry out the most vital roll to us and the public

21/03/2026

Today at High Down, Lydford, Wildfire crews from Tavistock, Okehampton and Middlemoor, one of our drone team and wildfire advisers came together with Dartmoor commoners, Dartmoor National Park and Dartmoor Landscape Recovery to carry out training on wildfires and swaling.

Fires were lit across the moorland where areas were due to be burnt this year to test the capabilities of all our equipment and working together
Commoners with with fogging units on quad bikes worked alongside the fire service with their all terrain vehicles and blowers to achieve a satisfactory result and to learn how to deal with different situations from each other.

Swaling is carried out in areas across Dartmoor from the 1st of October until the 31st of March before the nesting season starts.
You may see fires across Dartmoor over the next few days if the weather holds, all commoners follow the Swaling Code of Conduct https://www.dartmoor.gov.uk/living-and-working/farming/swaling/swaling-code-of-conduct

If you see fires across Dartmoor and believe they aren’t controlled or with no one with them please ring 999 as soon as possible our control room will be aware of any controlled burns which saves us attending if not required.

Thank you to all the commoners from right across Dartmoor who attended, to Ian & Tracy for organising and bringing us together and a very special thanks to Lydford Farm Shop who supplied the best pasties for lunch.

18/03/2026

For local information
This Thursday evening 19/3/26 we will be holding a multi pump fire exercise / training for all our local crews at Lawsons, Parkwood road in Tavistock.
This is to train our crews wearing breathing apparatus, search and rescue in a fire situation

There will be smoke used, so should you see any coming from the building between 1800 and 2100 don’t be alarmed our control room will be aware, however if you are in any doubt or see flames just ring 999

06/03/2026

29/01/2026

On Tuesday we were called to Crowndale road to rescue two occupants from their vehicle
With the constant rain at the moment please consider if you should be driving through flood water at all, as little as 300mm, around a foot of water is enough to float your vehicle.

Give it some thought, if you take the chance are you going to be able to get out of your car if it breaks down, if water gets in, it will cut out and damage the engine.
The cost will be expensive and even written off, in running water your vehicle could be swept away

Consider what is in the water when you have to get out, if there should be an open manhole under the water, debris of all shapes and sizes and many contaminants, try and get to the safety of higher ground

Crews in flood rescue suits managed to move the vehicle and it’s occupants out of the water, although they were a little wet and cold they were uninjured.

With more rain coming please be careful and don’t drive through flood water