Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service

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Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service area
Coverage
Area	Leicestershire & Rutland
Size	255,293 hectares
Population	953,100
Operations
Formed	1948, 1974 (in current form)
HQ	Glenfield
Staff	835 approx
Stations	20
Chief Fire Officer	Dave Webb
Website	Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Authority	Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority

The Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service which covers Leicestershire including the unitary authority of Leicester, and the county of Rutland.

Contents 1 History 2 Fire stations 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Brigade and the separate City of Leicester Fire Brigade were created in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974 the City of Leicester FB was merged with Leicestershire & Rutland FB to create the present fire service.

Since Rutland and the City of Leicester became separate authorities in the 1990s. The fire authority which administers the service, is a joint-board made up of representatives from Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council.^[1]

[edit] Fire stations

Leicestershire FRS has 20 fire stations located at the following places:^[2]

• Ashby de la Zouch
• Billesdon
• Central (Leicester)
• Coalville
• Eastern (Leicester)
• Hinckley
• Kibworth
• Loughborough
• Lutterworth
• Market Bosworth
• Market Harborough
• Melton Mowbray
• Moira
• Oakham
• Shepshed
• Southern (Leicester)
• Syston
• Uppingham
• Western (Leicester)
• Wigston

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Enthusiasts website