Strathclyde Fire and Rescue

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Strathclyde Fire and Rescue

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue area
Coverage
Area	Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire
Size	14,000 square kilometres
Population	2,300,000
Operations
Formed	1975
HQ	Hamilton
Staff	3,562
Stations	113
Chief Fire Officer	Brian P Sweeney
Website	www.strathclydefire.org
Fire Authority

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of Strathclyde, Scotland, it is the largest fire and rescue service in the Scotland, and one of the largest in Europe.^[1] It territory ranges from the densly populated Glasgow to remote rural and island communities.

Contents 1 History 2 Stations 3 See also 4 References

[edit] History

Strathclye Fire and Rescue Service was formed in 1975 when control of fire services was passed from local authorities to the new Strathclyde Regional Council. When Strathclyde Regional Council was abolished in 1996 the tweleve new unitary authorities that replaced it agreed to keep the fire service as it was.

[edit] Stations

The service operates 113 fire stations.^[2]

Area	Population	Full time station	Retained station	Volunteer Stations
Argyll & Bute	92,000	2	13	27
East & West Dunbartonshire	209,000	5	1	0
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde	258,000	5	1	0
North East Glasgow	203,000	4	0	0
North West Glasgow	200,000	4	0	0
South Glasgow	217,000	4	0	0
North Lanarkshire	324,000	4	3	0
North & South Ayrshire	254,000	4	12	3
East Ayrshire & East Renfrewshire	351,000	3	7	0
South Lanarkshire	301,000	4	7	1

[edit] See also

• Blues and twos
• Fire service in the United Kingdom
• FiReControl
• Fire apparatus
• Fire engine
• Fire

[edit] References

1. ^ - Service main wesbite.
2. ^ - About us.