Fire affects three buildings including restaurant - Duck Lane, North dlvr.it/R0z3DT

Have you got one fitted and does it work ? Please check your smoke alarm every week, if it doesn't work it's the same as not having one......If you need a smoke alarm please get in touch using the contact details in the picture

Always remember to park considerately! Don't hold up our colleagues at Essex Fire Service EEAST Ambulance Service Essex Police! Poor parking could cost lives!

Ongar Fire Station are soon to be holding another recruitment drive to help make the town of Ongar safer! Are you over 18 and looking for a new challenge or want to learn new skills? Want to be part of a team environment? Check out the link! #Recruiting crowd.in/IUVIHD

Free business engagement event to support on-call firefighter dlvr.it/R1HYFL

Although it's less than four weeks until we open wholetime firefighter applications it's still 12 weeks until the fitness tests. Download our fitness guide and find out more about the tests to get training now: crowd.in/hmuLRJ #JoinEssexFire

To help us break down the barriers of recruiting... Tell us what puts you off joining as an On Call firefighter serving the community of Ongar We are soon to be holding another recruitment drive to make Ongar safer! #OnCall

Ongar have been in #MagdalenLaver this afternoon assisting at a deep seated fire within a large tree trunk. Tree Surgeons safely bought down the tree so the fire could be extinguished. #OnCall

"If you have a fire at home our advice is to Get Out, Stay Out and Call 999, don't try to tackle the fire yourself. Head of Community Safety Lee Lucas. Read more here: crowd.in/WuYWIV

Hands up whos attending the great Ongar Town Festival this year? Our fire station doors will be open for everyone to come and say hello! We will be pushing the recruitment to try and make our town safer! #OnCall

Many of our on-call firefighters work for local businesses who release them to attend fire calls when needed. If you're part of a business within 5 mins of a fire station come along to our free event on 1 May to find out how it can work for you. Full info: crowd.in/ZDdPvK

Ongar Fire Station will be open from 10am to 4pm for the @ongarfestival this year! We will be showing you around our fire engine and discussing recruitment to make our town safer! #Ongar

Today we have accepted 4 new applications to join our fire station! If you are interested in also joining our station please get in touch! Good luck to all going through the recruitment process! #OnCall

Plenty going on in Ongar on Sunday 5th May! #TownFestival Our station will be open!

The Ongar Town Festival is tomorrow!😃 Our station will be open from 10am to 4pm, come and say hello to the crew, look around the fire engine and talk to us about joining our station!

Do you live or work within 5 minutes of any of these fire stations? If you want to support your local community and get paid alongside your day job you could apply to be an on-call firefighter ➡️crowd.in/pHjUcK #JoinEssexFire

Ongar is one of many On-Call stations looking for new firefighters to support their community! Message us to find out more or ask any questions! #JoinEssexFire

Do you live or work within 5 minutes of any of these fire stations? If you want to support your local community and get paid alongside your day job you could apply to be an on-call firefighter ➡️crowd.in/WAIvJc #JoinEssexFire

It is a misconception that sprinklers cause more damage than an actual fire. They actually contain or extinguish fires when they are very small and so use a lot less water than a firefighter's hose. #ThinkSprinkler 💦

*Breaking news* We're now exclusively on Facebook...come and say hello 👋 facebook.com/ecfrs.ongar/