Long-serving firefighter Simon Dearing, known by colleagues as 'Dirt 640', has retired after more than 46 years of service but will continue to serve Suffolk as an on-call firefighter.
A damning government inspection has exposed serious concerns about Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service's leadership and workplace culture, prompting a £1.6 million improvement plan.
Firefighters have extinguished a fire that broke out in a storage unit at Suffolk Heritage & Antiques Centre in Copdock today, with no injuries reported.
