Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service training centre and fire station free open day

For the first time in their history, Cheshire Fire and Rescue are opening their state-of-the-art training centre alongside Winsford Fire Station's Open Day.

The open day is on Tuesday 30 July. The first hour is a designated quiet hour with reduced noise levels and limited lighting to create a calmer, more comfortable, atmosphere tailored to individuals with special educational needs (SEN). 

From 11am until 4pm, all visitors will be able to watch a variety of scenarios as our firefighters tackle a house fire, a hazardous materials incident and a road traffic collision. There are tours of the Incident Command Training Suite, an immersive, 3D environment providing live practical training to incident response and command, providing the most realistic training environment possible to experience high risk incidents without physically attending them.

And if that isn't enough there are vehicle displays including the fire boat, aerial ladder platform and our Scorpion high reach extending tower, you can meet some of our specialist teams such as the rope rescue, wildfire and animal rescue teams and have a go at our water safety games, which are both fun and educational, aimed at teaching our younger guests how to stay safe around water. 

This event is a fascinating opportunity to see what our firefighters and staff do to keep us and our communities safe, and it's absolutely free. 

While there is no parking on site (we need the space for showing off our vehicles), we're only a short stroll from Winsford town centre.