Ten new recruits have successfully passed their firefighter initial course and been accepted into Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

The course took place at the service’s training facility in Didcot, and among the new recruits were two people from Bicester.

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All the recruits were presented with their passing out certificates by the assistant chief fire officer Matt Cook, and now go off to join their crews at station.

A spokesperson for Bicester Fire Station said: “The new recruits will now join us at station where they will be put through their paces on the drill yard and complete an assessed drill before they will be ‘on the run’ and responding to fire calls.

“We wish them a long and successful career with us.”

 

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This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.

Matthew covers Bicester and focuses on finding stories from diverse communities.

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