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  • 25 Oct 2019

    Meet Leo 4

    Author: Luke Watson

    Update on Training  October 2019 – Leo Johnson Otley Fire Station The past few weeks have been extremely busy. I have successfully completed the core skills module, which includes learning…

  • 06 Sep 2019

    Meet Leo 3

    Author: District Commander Leeds

    Leo Johnson is one of our newest trainee Firefighters. As he trains to become an on-call Firefighter at Otley Fire Station, we’ll be following Leo on his journey through the…

  • 03 Sep 2019

    Meet Leo 2

    Author: District Commander Leeds

    Leo Johnson is one of our newest trainee Firefighters. As he trains to become an on-call Firefighter at Otley Fire Station, we’ll be following Leo on his journey through the…

  • 22 Aug 2019

    Meet Leo

    Author: District Commander Leeds

    Leo Johnson is one of our newest trainee Firefighters. As he trains to become an on-call Firefighter at Otley Fire Station, we’ll be following Leo on his journey through the…

  • 05 Mar 2017

    My Mum – #SheInspiresMe

    Author: Dave Walton

    I’m a little early in publishing this blog inspired by International Women’s Day (IWD) which is on Wednesday 8th March this year. I’m on leave for the week and whilst…

  • 13 Feb 2017

    In celebration of LGBT History Month 2017

    Author: Dave Walton

    You may have seen a tweet that I posted last week that celebrated the good work that we have been doing in raising the profile of some of our work…

  • 02 Feb 2017

    Time to Talk

    Author: Dave Walton

    I’ve slipped out of the blogging habit of late, and I’m going to try and put that right. There are numerous reasons (or excuses), but the bottom line is that…

  • 07 Jul 2016

    Our Local Resilience Forum

    Author: Dave Walton

    I chaired a meeting of the West Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum today at our HQ. It struck me as I was listening to the various contributions that not many people will…

  • 08 Jun 2016

    The month of Ramadan

    Author: Dave Walton

    I’m sure that you may well be aware that we have just entered the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It is an important time of year for many of our…

  • 25 May 2016

    Fire Reform

    Author: Dave Walton

    You are probably aware by now that the Home Secretary gave a speech on the subject of ‘Fire Reform’ on Tuesday 24 May 2016. The speech is much awaited and…