Sheffield Fire Station
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue helps keep our region safe. Firefighters don't just put out fires — they also prevent them. The team responds to emergencies like fires, floods and accidents, but also works in schools, homes and businesses to stop those emergencies happening in the first place. Whether they’re fitting alarms, sharing life-saving advice or checking buildings are safe, they’re always working to protect our communities.
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Fire Community Safety Officer
As a Fire Community Safety Officer, you would work to prevent emergencies before they happen. You might visit people’s homes to give fire safety advice, run talks in schools about how to stay safe or help out at community events. You would also talk about road and water safety, helping people of all ages learn how to protect themselves and others. You would need to be friendly, confident speaking to groups and passionate about keeping communities safe.
Business Fire Safety Inspecting Officer
As a Business Fire Safety Inspecting Officer, you would help protect people by checking that buildings follow fire safety laws. You would visit places like shops, offices, factories and hospitals to make sure they have the right safety measures in place. Some buildings, like hotels, fireworks shops or petrol stations, are higher risk so you would inspect these places more often. You would give advice to building owners, check fire risk plans and sometimes take action if rules are broken. You would need to be confident, a good communicator and great at spotting risks and solving problems.
On-Call Firefighter
As an On-Call Firefighter, you would have another job or be at home — but be ready to respond to emergencies whenever you are needed. You would quickly head to your local fire station, change into your gear and jump into action with the team. Just like full-time firefighters, you would fight fires, rescue people and teach your community about safety. You would need to be reliable, live close to the fire station and be able to stay calm and work as part of a team.
Wholetime Firefighter
As a Wholetime Firefighter, you would work full-time to help keep people safe from fires and other emergencies. You would be based at a fire station, ready to respond quickly when there’s a call for help. You might rescue someone from a burning building, help at a car crash or even rescue animals in trouble. But it’s not all emergencies — you would also visit schools, check people’s homes for fire risks and teach others how to stay safe. You would need to stay calm under pressure, be physically fit and enjoy helping people in need.
Fun fact: The black in our logo represents the coalfields of South Yorkshire, the green represents the Peak District and the blue reflects the county's rivers.