Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore joined local Keighley Fire Brigade on Monday 26 July to shadow their team on a night shift. In his shift Robbie learnt all about how the fire station works, what the team deal with on a standard evening as well as attending a number of call outs.
Robbie’s shadowing of the local fire team comes as he embarks on his Summer Tour of the constituency, an annual event where Robbie spends his summer recess attending local businesses, holding surgeries in the many towns and villages, as well as shadowing key vital workers.
During his shift with the local fire service, which ran from 7pm to 3am, Robbie was called out on a number of reports including a small fire of burning garden waste which was deliberately set alight in the centre of Keighley, a burnt out car outside Utley and a near house fire in Beechcliffe.
In between call outs, the fire service also gets involved with a number of community-based events including:
- Educating people about fire risk and risk to life from open water swimming resulting from cold water shock.
- Property assessments advising on fire prevention measures and fire warning systems.
- Working with the Ambulance Service following emergency calls to help with entry to properties.
- Working with the police to carry out fire investigations.
Commenting Robbie said: “I am very grateful to Commander Mick Rhodes and the entire Red Watch team for kindly hosting me on their night shift. It was eye-opening to see what the service does both on callouts and the work within the community.
“The local team are a great credit to our town. The range of work our Firefighters get involved with is incredible and I can’t thank them enough for all they do on our behalf. It was therefore disappointing to hear from them that they receive abuse and are the target of anti-social behaviour when out on calls. It is vital that we respect our firefighters – as with all our emergency services – for the fantastic job they do to keep us safe.”
Robbie will be joining other key services through his summer tour to shadow what they do, including the Police, and local Waste Treatment facilities.
