As the weather is hotting up once again, many alerts are being issued about heath/wildfire risk. Please refrain from having any BBQs or bonfires near any heath/woodland as it only takes a few stray embers to start a wildfire! #protectourcountryside #thinkaboutothers 🚨🚒🔥

Great little video about who we are and what we do.. Want to find out how you can join us? Get in touch or pop down to the station on a Wednesday evening.

We are Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service! buff.ly/32nfOGM

Wilton very much involved with the rescue of over 100 people from last nights train crash. Thankfully no fatalities and a huge effort from all of the agencies involved.
🚒 🚓 🚑 🚁 @dwfirerescue @swast_wiltshire Wiltshire Police Network Rail British Transport Police

🎉 Last night 3 of our firefighters in development passed their next stage assessments. 👏
Well Done to FF Kearse and FF Wilby for passing their stage B (all about using Breathing Apparatus)
And well done to FF Donohue for passing his stage C (all about Road Traffic Collisions)

🚒🚁 Wilton and Shaftesbury providing fire cover at Bournemouth air festival today so come say hi if your passing!

#bournemouthairfestival

Yesterday Wilton along with Salisbury attended a fire involving a combine harvester. It was well alight on arrival and the fire was spreading to the surrounding crop fields so further assistance from Andover Fire Station & Fordingbridge Fire was requested to prevent the fire from spreading.

Tonight Amesbury crew and @FireWilton took part in a HAZMAT scenario drill involving a Chlorine leak. Big thanks to the Amesbury Abbey for allowing us to use their premises. We regularly carry out training drills to make sure we are ready to respond and protect our community🚒

Bit of RTC training last night, demonstrating how to stabilise a vehicle A) on its side and B) on it’s roof, as seen here. We use a system of bracing bars called StabFast to minimise movement of a vehicle to protect a casualty, and to create a stable working platform for us.

Caravan holiday with the family? #SmokeAlarms in caravans are just as important as the ones in the home! #FireKills

We offer a free Safe & Well service to help keep our communities safe in their homes. We can visit you at a convenient time to install any equipment and look around your home to identify any fire risks.

To book one, complete the online form here buff.ly/3fskrTX

4 people rescued from a 🔥 in Salisbury last night. Wilton is an on call station & this means we can only respond when we have enough crew available & last night we were ‘off the run’ so crews from @amesburyfirestation & Fordingbridge Fire had to respond.

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It's the first-ever World #DrowningPrevention Day (July 25th)

Almost half (43 per cent) of people who accidentally drowned in 2020 in the UK had no intention to enter the water.

Anyone can drown, no one should.

#RespectTheWater #DrowningPrevention Day
World Health Organization (WHO) UK water safety

Whilst it has been so hot lately the crew here at Wilton have been trialing to see how effective rainbows can be at fighting fires.
#fightingfireswithrainbows

No we haven't swapped our appliances over... We have just been helping our friends over at Pewsey Fire Station out by providing standby cover for their station area.

Also just so happens to be where our sister water carrier lives 🚒

Last nights drill the crew visited Wilton House to familiarise the newest recruits with the layout and procedures in the event of a fire.

#bestbeprepared #savingourherritage #justincase

⏰ Early morning wake up call for the Wilton crew today, straw bale stack well alight. Crews from Salisbury, Wilton and Andover safely prevented the fire from spreading to the farmers crop fields.
Also a chance to have a little nose around Andover's shiny new water carrier 🚒

Early shout to stand-by at Salisbury station, then got a call to a fire involving hay bales on a farm near Cholderton. Andover water carrier helped with maintaining our water supply - incident expected to last most of the day so spare a thought for relief crews 🥵 Dorset&Wiltshire FRS

Tragically, over the weekend, 10 people drowned in rivers or waterways across the country. An additional 3 people, are still missing after getting into trouble in water.

If you get into trouble, stay calm, float on your back and shout.

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#FloatToLive