Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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| Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service | |
 Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service area |
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| Coverage | |
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| Area | Wiltshire |
| Size | 3476 square kilometres |
| Population | 635,300 (est 2006) |
| Operations | |
| HQ | Devizes, Wiltshire |
| Stations | 25 |
| Website | Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Fire Authority | Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority |
The Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. It is administered by a joint authority of 13 members, 9 appointed by Wiltshire County Council and 4 by Swindon Borough Council. They serve for an annual term.[1]
The service is also one of the few to have trained in cave and quarry rescue, having to cover the underground area of Corsham. The fire and rescue service's headquarters is located at Manor House, Potterne, Devizes, Wiltshire.
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[edit] Fire Stations
Wiltshire has a total of 25 fire stations:
- Three are whole-time shift fire stations crewed 24/7
- Three are day-crewed stations, crewed during the day but with retained part-time staff at night
- Eighteen are retained part-time stations
- One is a nucleus station.
Three wholetime fire stations
- --- Salisbury
- --- Swindon
- --- Stratton St Margaret
Three day-crewed stations
- --- Chippenham
- --- Trowbridge
- --- Westlea, Swindon
Eighteen retained stations
- --- Bradford on Avon
- --- Calne
- --- Cooper Avon, Melksham
- --- Corsham
- --- Cricklade
- --- Devizes
- --- Ludgershall
- --- Malmesbury
- --- Marlborough
- --- Melksham
- --- Mere
- --- Pewsey
- --- Ramsbury
- --- Tisbury
- --- Warminster
- --- Westbury
- --- Wilton
- --- Wootton Bassett
One nucleus station
Nucleus Fire Stations consist of a core staff of wholetime firefighters that work day shifts, fire cover is then provided on a retained basis during the night and at weekends. The main difference between Nucleus and Day Crewed Stations is that Nucleus work a regular working week, 9am-5pm (Monday to Friday).
- --- Amesbury
Stations and Appliances
- Stratton (Water Tender Ladder (x2))
- Swindon (Water Tender Ladder (x2), Aerial Ladder Platform, Damage Control Unit, Chemical Incident Unit)
- Salisbury (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Emergency Support Unit, Aerial Ladder Platform, Control Unit, Foam Unit)
- Westlea (Water Tender Ladder, Emergency Support Unit)
- Chippenham (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Emergency Support Unit, Control Unit, Rope Rescue Unit)
- Trowbridge (Water Tender Ladder (x2), Emergency Support Unit, Pump Platform, Rope Rescue Unit)
- Cricklade (Water Tender Ladder)
- Malmesbury (Water Tender Ladder)
- Wooton Bassett (Water Tender Ladder, Water Carrier)
- Corsham (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender)
- Calne (Water Tender Ladder)
- Cooper Avon (Water Tender, Water Rescue Unit)
- Melksham (Water Tender Ladder)
- Bradford-on-Avon (Water Tender Ladder)
- Westbury (Water Tender Ladder, Land Rover Pump)
- Warminster (Water Tender Ladder (x2), Damage Control Unit, Chemical Incident Unit)
- Ramsbury (Water Tender Ladder, Water Carrier)
- Marlborough (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender)
- Devizes (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Water Carrier)
- Pewsey (Water Tender Ladder)
- Ludgershall (Water Tender Ladder, Land Rover Pump)
- Wilton (Water Tender Ladder, Water Carrier)
- Tisbury (Water Tender Ladder)
- Mere (Water Tender Ladder)
- Amesbury (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender)
[edit] Other Facilities
- Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Devizes
- Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service Training & Development Centre, Devizes
- Emergency Services Communication Centre, Devizes
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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