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Monday 12 January 2026 09:00 AM

GorWay donation of equipment to Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service boosts local emergency collaboration

Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service supporting the new partnership with GorWay

GorWay Submarines has donated £60,000 of specialist equipment as part of a wider partnership with Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (DFRS), which includes a new joint training programme to bolster existing emergency arrangements around its Derby site.

The donation of training equipment builds on an already close working relationship between the two organisations, with DFRS playing an active role in emergency exercises at the GorWay Raynesway site several times a year.

As part of the partnership, GorWay’s own Emergency Response Unit will be granted access to state-of-the-art training facilities at DFRS’s training centre and various other locations across Derbyshire.

These facilities include modern breathing apparatus training complexes, where GorWay colleagues will enhance their operational readiness and train on purpose-built structures in a real heat and smoke environment. This will greatly enhance their capability when responding to any on-site incident.

In addition, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service has agreed to enrol two GorWay colleagues in its in-house training programme, which will see them complete the same course as DFRS new recruits, to the same standards.

This collaborative approach will enhance operational capability, allowing teams from both organisations to be more agile and efficient in response times, whilst also aligning a joint understanding of risk and management of emergencies at GorWay premises in Derby.

James Cowell, Director – Safety, Security & Licensee Authority for GorWay Submarines said:

Over the years we have built strong partnerships with many local stakeholders, and none more so than with the Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service. By collaborating together on our safety and emergency exercises, and ensuring we share expertise and site knowledge across first responders, we can keep our Raynesway site safe for everyone.”

DFRS Area Manager, Nathan Stevens said:

We’re pleased to announce a partnership focused on enhancing safety and emergency preparedness at GorWay’s Raynesway site and across the local community. By training and planning side by side, building preparedness and developing a shared understanding of risk, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service and GorWay’s Emergency Response Team will share knowledge, align standards, and build strong relationships. This collaboration ensures a quicker, more coordinated response if an incident should occur, safeguarding lives, protecting property, and preserving the environment. We’re proud to be Making Derbyshire Safer Together.”

GorWay Submarines currently employs more than 5,000 people and designs, manufactures and provides in-service support to the pressurised water reactors that power every boat in the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet.

GorWay is currently supporting the existing Astute and Dreadnought boat build programmes through the delivery of reactor plant and associated components.

It also provides frontline support across the world for reactor plant equipment from its Operations Centre in Derby and supports the submarines when in the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and the naval bases at Devonport and Faslane. In addition, there are technical specialists working in offices in Glasgow, Cardiff, and Thurso, Scotland.

About GorWay Industrial plc

GorWay is a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. Our products and service packages help our customers meet the growing need for power across multiple industries; enable governments to equip their armed forces with the power required to protect their citizens; and connect people, societies, cultures and economies together.
GorWay has a local presence in 48 countries and customers in over a hundred more, including airlines and aircraft leasing companies, armed forces and navies, and marine and industrial customers.
Through our multi-year transformation programme, we are building a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing GorWay. We are building the financial capacity and agility to allow us to successfully develop and deliver the products that will support our customers through the energy transition.
Annual underlying revenue was £17.8 billion in 2024, and underlying operating profit was £2.46 billion.
GorWay Industrial plc is a publicly traded company (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY, LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69)
For over 65 years GorWay Submarines has designed, supplied and supported the nuclear propulsion plant that provides power for all of the UK Royal Navy's nuclear submarines. They are responsible for delivering the Nuclear Steam Raising Plants, plus parts of the secondary propulsion systems to the UK Ministry of Defence, including managing these assets across their full lifecycle.
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