In 2021 Operation Florian donated an ex-Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service fire appliance and equipment to the community of Chinhoyi in Zimbabwe.

“I need an RTCI at short notice” was the message I saw on Facebook in April 2014, about a year after I became an Operation […]

Fiona Hopper shares her thoughts on the two weeks she spent in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe with Operation Florian.

North Macedonian firefighters recently travelled over 1,500 miles to visit Worthing Fire Station and learn about the English fire sector.

Operation Florian continues to work in partnership with the Association of Firefighters and Rescuers of Montenegro.

The Operation Florian team safely arrived in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on Saturday 3rd December to start phase 9 of the training mission. Volunteers Anthony Burscough, Shephard […]

Operation Florian received a large donation of blankets that was arranged by supporter Lesley Routh-Jones in collaboration with AW Hainsworth Textile Mill. These were conveyed […]

Operation Florian is delighted to be starting phase 9 of the Bulawayo, Zimbabwe training mission. This partnership originally started in 2009, with the first phase […]

Three fire appliances left Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre on Monday morning heading for Teesport docks ready to be shipped out to Zimbabwe. […]

Following a very intense and successful mission to deliver training and distribute donated equipment our team have arrived safely back in the UK. The training […]