The first tranche of Defence firefighters have successfully completed their first week of training at the Fire Service College, in Moreton-in-Marsh.

Capita Fire and Rescue has taken on delivery of fire and rescue services at four new sites through its Defence Fire and Rescue Project (DFRP) contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), in the latest in a series of key contract milestones.

Surrey and West Sussex are the two latest fire and rescue services planning to go live with Capita’s 999eye live video-streaming and location-finding service.

The Capita Trading Standards team who support North Tyneside Council have helped seize a large amount of illegal tobacco from a shop in Wallsend.

Capita Fire and Rescue (CFR) today announces the appointment of Dominik Wellmann as Managing Director, integrating CFR and the Capita-run Fire Service College under the same leadership.