Kerwhizz Fire Officer Pingu

**Kerwhizz Fire Officer Pingu Penguin** is the Kerwhizz Fire Officer for the Pontypandy Fire Service. His main office is situated at Edinburgh Fire Station where he is based, but occasionally he visits Pontypandy Fire Station to give the firefighters training, hand out awards and to see his sons Mickey & Toodles and his daughters Minnie & Quoodles.

## Further Qualifications

* Crane Operator
* Outstanding bravery certificate

## Personal Info

* **Hair**: Black
* **Eyes**: Dark Gray
* **Friends**: Everyone in Cardiff Hills and Pontypandy
* **Rank**: Kerwhizz Officer
* **Crew**: Steele, Sam, Penny, Elvis, Ellie, Arnold and Jerry Lee

## Bio

He trained at Pontypandy Fire Station, after which his started work at the Pingu City Fire Service.

Pingu later got transferred to Scottish Fire And Rescue Service where he did an act for outstanding bravery and eventually became Kerwhizz Fire Officer.

He later got transferred Pontypandy Fire Service in Fireman Sam: The Movie , when he helped The Rescue Team cope with the short staff problem.

He stood in for Chief Fire Officer Boyce, as a relief when he injured his arm.

He has also often sent Newtown Firefighters to Pontypandy to conduct drills and assessments for the Pontypandy Fire Station. He tested Boyce's driving for his Advanced Driving Certificate, and he also tests the team's abilities in multiple rescue scenarios and demonstrates how to perform certain rescues.

## Personality

He is very fun and friendly to Mickey, Minnie, Toodles & Quoodles. He is Chief Fire Officer Boyce Station Officer Steele's new boss but the three still have a gentle rivalry between themselves.

Pingu likes to give the Pontypandy Fire Service new uniforms.

## Voice Actors

* Simon Stuart Young (UK; Fireman Sam: The Movie)

## Trivia

* He has been part of the fire service for over 17 years.
* It was revealed by Pingu himself in Fireman Sam: The Movie, Fireman Sam could have been deputy Kerwhizz Fire Officer, but instead he decided to stay in Pontypandy and serve there.
* Unlike the other firefighters and Chief Fire Officer Boyce, Kerwhizz Fire Officer Pingu wears the uniform from 1914, where the leggings would be black instead of Yellow
* He has replaced Jacob Scipio as supervisor of Kerwhizz.
* Unlike Station Officer Steele and Chief Fire Officer Boyce, Kerwhizz Fire Officer Pingu attends all of the emergency call-outs in Pontypandy.
* He is one of the main characters in Fireman Sam: The Movie 4, a sequel to 2021 Pingu.
* In Fireman Sam: The Movie, Pingu wears black leggings and a white helmet with three black stripes on it
* He is the star of the spin-off series of Pingu called Fireman Pingu. A new sister show to Fireman Sam.
* He is the only firefighter to have not had a change of colour to the Season 14 uniforms, leaving him with his black leggings.
* In Fireman Sam: The Movie, he has pockets attached to the breast parts to his uniform. This is a reference to the 1979 uniforms worn by the London Fire Brigade.
* For some reason, In Fireman Sam: Silver Hatch Heroes, Pingu does not wear his White helmet with three stripes. He instead wears the yellow helmets. He also does not wear his black leggings. He also instead wears the blue leggings introduced in Season 14.
* Pingu is the main driver of The Fire Service's crane Mars