Norfolk’s fire service has paid thousands of pounds to other regions to borrow services or seek support at incidents.

A lane of the A11 was shut after a car caught fire.

Emergency services were at the scene of a crash outside a South Norfolk village.

A straw bale fire is being treated as arson a month after a Norfolk farmer lost £40,000 worth of straw go up in flames in a similar attack.

Burnt toast costs not only vital minutes in the morning rush, new figures can reveal, but also time and money for firefighters.

Firefighters were called to a mid-Norfolk market town after a washing machine caught alight.

Norfolk’s emergency services chiefs have welcomed a new law which will double the maximum sentence for anyone convicted of assaulting an emergency service worker to twelve months.

Part of the A1075 was closed in both directions following a crash in which a person had to be cut from their car.

Emergency services have been at a serious two-vehicle crash in West Norfolk.

Calls have been made to encourage more women to become firefighters after it emerged that 97pc in Norfolk are men.

Norfolk’s police and crime commissioner is continuing his tour of the county to seek views from members of the public about who should govern the fire service.

People in Norfolk can take the first step towards a career in the emergency services after applications for full-time firefighter posts opened.

Emergency services had a busy night because of heavy rain, intense thunder and lightning storms and giant hail stones.

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed they attended 163 incidents over a weekend of unrelenting heat across the county.

Heatwave temperatures and tinderbox conditions continue to spark wildfires across the region but investigators are probing whether some have more sinister origins.

Reports of fires being set deliberately have piled more pressure on the fire service over the weekend, as they continue to battle against dry conditions.

Firefighters across Norfolk endured another busy night, with more fires breaking out amid tinderbox dry conditions.

Three fire engines were sent to tackle a grassland blaze between Swaffham and Watton.

Fire crews were been called to put out a field fire near Swaffham.

Residents are being urged to stay safe near open waters as figures reveal more people drowned while walking or running in the Norfolk than taking part in any water-based activity.

Do not try to be a hero - that was the message from emergency services after two people rushed to the aid of a woman who was rescued from the River Wensum in Norwich.