Shout- stories of fire service lifesavers
In South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue’s first podcast series, firefighters and control room staff from across the service talk about lifesaving incidents they’ve dealt with. They also talk about their careers, the teams they are proud to be a part of and what it feels like to have helped to save a life.
To find out more about the work of the fire service, and how to prevent emergencies, visit www.syfire.gov.uk.
- Update frequency
- every 153 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 8
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
Shout - International Women’s Day 2023 special
Our Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Andy Strelczenie, spoke to some of our amazing staff about what it's like being a woman in the fire service. Huge thanks to Kim, Claire, Ellie and Carole for their t…
Shout- Black History Month special
Black History Month 2021 | We wanted to carry on the conversation and not limit what is an important discussion to one month of the year. So we've recorded a special Black History Month episode of Sh…
Shout- women of fire
As part of a special International Women's Day episode of Shout, we spoke to four female firefighters from our service.
Chief Fire Officer, Alex Johnson, Watch Managers Caz Whiteman and Kirsty Wrigh…
Gary Devonport- the day I saved a life
This week we hear from firefighter and training instructor Gary Devonport.
He talks us through a dramatic rescue from water he helped with whilst he was off duty in Wales.
He describes the situation …
Julia Tonks- the day I saved a life
This week we speak to Julia Tonks- a member of the service’s 999 control room.
Julia speaks about the crucial role control operators play in delivering life-saving fire survival guidance to people wh…
Joanna Hoare- the day I saved a life
For our next episode, we speak to Joanna Hoare. She’s wanted to be a firefighter since the age of six and finally realised her dream when she joined the service seventeen years ago. She’s served at M…
Adam Dilkes- the day I saved a life
Adam has been a firefighter with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue for 12 years.
We speak to him about what it feels like to attend an incidents where someone’s life was at
risk, how it feels to come …
Kirsty Wright- the day I saved a life
In our debut episode, we meet Kirsty Wright- a full time firefighter at Birley Moor fire station in Sheffield and an on-call firefighter at Stocksbridge fire station in the city.
Kirsty- a Watch Mana…