South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
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| South Wales Fire and Rescue Service | |
 South Wales Fire and Rescue Service area |
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| Coverage | |
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| Area | South Wales incl: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan local authority areas. |
| Size | 1,000 square miles (3,000 km²) |
| Population | 1.5 million |
| Operations | |
| Formed | 1996 |
| HQ | Pontyclun |
| Staff | 1000 |
| Stations | 50 |
| Website | South Wales Fire and Rescue Service |
| Fire Authority | South Wales Fire and Rescue Authority |
The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the ten Welsh principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.
The SWFRS was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the previous fire brigades of Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and Gwent [1]. It covers an area of around 1,000 square miles (3,000 km²) with a population of around 1.5 million [2].
The fire authority which runs the service is a joint-board made up of councillors from the ten principal areas covered by the service.
[edit] Fire stations
SWFRS fire stations are a mixture of full time, day crewed and retained stations. They are located in the following places [3]:
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[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ History page from official website
- ^ Where We Are From official website
- ^ Map of fire stations
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