Fire Service Co-Responder

Fire Services that operate Co-Responders
Coverage
Area Berkshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Mid and West Wales, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wiltshire
Operations
Formed 1996
Stations 100
Co-responder Yes
Deputy Chief Fire Officer {{{DCFO}}}

Seventeen Fire Services work with nine Ambulance Services to provide emergency medical cover in areas that have been identified as having a greater need for ambulance cover. The aim of a co-responder team is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an ambulance. Co-responder vehicles are equipped with oxygen and automatic external defibrillation (AED) equipment.

First Responder schemes are individuals in a community who when a medical emergency occurs can be called upon by the ambulance service to provide medical assistance until an ambulance arrives. Whilst this is similar to the role of the Fire Service in a Co-Responder role, they are different.

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Fire Services that run as Co-Responders in England

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS)

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS)

The station that run as co-responders:

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS)

The 20 stations that run as co-responders:

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS)

The 2 stations that run as co-responders:

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS)

The 6 stations that run as co-responders:

Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS)

Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (WFRS)

The 12 stations that run as co-responders:

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS)

Cleveland Fire Brigade (CFB)

The 4 stations that run as co-responders:

North West Ambulance Service (NWAS)

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS)

The stations that run as co-responders:

South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS)

Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS)

The station that run as co-responders:

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS)

The stations that run as Co responders:

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (OFRS)

The 3 stations that run as co-responders:

South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb)

West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (KWSFRS)

Shoreham

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS)

The 6 stations that run as co-responders:

South Western Ambulance Service (SWAST)[1]

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS)

The 3 stations that run as co-responders:

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS)

Co-responder stations have got a dedicated vehicle for Co-responder calls. The new vehicle known as the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), replaces the fire appliance from going, providing there are enough crew still on duty to allow the fire appliance to remain available.

The 19 stations that run as co-responders:

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS)

The 2 stations that run as co-responders:

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS)

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)

The stations that run as co-responders:

Fire Services that run as Co-Responders in Wales

Welsh Ambulance Service (WAS)

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MWWFRS)

The 14 stations that run as co-responders:

Fire Services that might run as Co-Responders in England

These are fire services that may or not run Co-Responders

Fire Services that might run as Co-Responders in Wales

Fire Services that might run as Co-Responders in Scotland

Fire Services that do not run as Co-Responders in England

Fire Services that do not run as Co-Responders in Wales

Fire Services that do not run as Co-Responders in Northern Ireland

References

  1. ^ SWAST Fire Co Responders

England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland