Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Cumbria, England. Of the 38 fire stations, there are six wholetime (Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Kendal, Whitehaven, Workington and Penrith) and 32 retained. Since 2012 the headquarters aret at Penrith next to the headquarters of Cumbria Constabulary.
History
The recent history of Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service really starts in 1947 when the fire service as we know it today was formed. Prior to that there was the National Fire Service and before that there were various independent services run by volunteers in villages, towns and cities throughout the country. Cumbria Fire Service was formed in 1974 after local government was reorganised. It took in Cumberland Fire Service, Westmorland Fire Service, Carlisle and Barrow Fire Services and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Cumbria is the second largest county in the UK. In 2005, the service changed its name to Cumbria Fire & Rescue service to reflect the new responsibilities it now has.
Fire Appliance Abbreviations
- Pump (WrL)
- Light Four Wheel Pump (L4P)
- Major Rescue Unit (MRV)
- Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP)
- General Purpose Vehicle (L4V)
- Water Carrier/Tanker (WrC)
- Wildfire Unit (WFU)
- High Volume Pumping Unit (HVPU)
- Incident Response Unit (IRU)
- Command and Control Unit (CCU)
- Welfare Unit (WU)
Fire Stations
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service has split Cumbria into three areas, each containing two of the county's districts, they are:
Allerdale & Copeland Area
| Station Callsign |
Duty System |
Station Name |
Station Address |
Appliances |
| 03 | Retained | Aspatria | King Street, Aspatria | 1x WrL |
| 41 | Retained | Bootle | Station Road, Bootle | 1x WrL |
| 04 | Retained | Cockermouth | Station Road, Cockermouth | 1x WrL, 1x WU |
| 05 | Retained | Egremont | Chapel Street, Egremont | 1x WrL |
| 06 | Retained | Frizington | Main Street, Frizington | 1x WrL |
| 07 | Retained | Keswick | Penrith Road, Keswick | 1x WrL, 1x L4P |
| 08 | Retained | Maryport | Mealpot Road, Maryport | 2x WrL |
| 09 | Retained | Seascale | Gosforth Road, Seascale | 1x WrL |
| 10 | Retained | Silloth | Solway Street, Silloth | 1x WrL, 1X L4P |
| 02 | Wholetime | Whitehaven | Main Street, Hensingham | 2x WrL, 1x WFU |
| 01 | Wholetime | Workington | Moorclose, Workington | 2x WrL, 1x MRV |
Barrow & South Lakeland Area
| Station Callsign |
Duty System |
Station Name |
Station Address |
Appliances |
| 61 | Retained | Ambleside | Rydal Road, Ambleside | 1x WrL, 1x L4P |
| 63 | Retained | Arnside | Silverdale Road, Arnside | 1x WrL |
| 40 | Wholetime | Barrow-In-Furness | Phoenix Road, Barrow | 2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x MRV, 1x IRU, 1x L4V |
| 42 | Retained | Broughton-In-Furness | Foxfield Road, Broughton | 1x WrL |
| 43 | Retained | Coniston | Yewdale Road, Coniston | 1x WrL |
| 45 | Retained | Grange-Over-Sands | Kents Bank Road, Grange | 1x WrL, 1x L4P |
| 60 | Wholetime/Retained | Kendal | Busher Walk, Kendal | 2x WrL, 2x HVPU, 1x MRV |
| 64 | Retained | Kirby Lonsdale | New Road, Kirby Lonsdale | 1x WrL |
| 46 | Retained | Millom | Millom Road, Millom | 1x WrL, 1x L4P |
| 66 | Retained | Milnthorpe | Beetham Road, Milnthorpe | 1x WrL |
| 67 | Retained | Sedbergh | Long Lane, Sedbergh | 1x WrL, 1x L4P |
| 69 | Retained | Staveley | The Green, Staveley | 1x WrL |
| 47 | Retained | Ulverston | The Ellers, Ulverston | 2x WrL |
| 48 | Retained | Walney Island | Mill Lane, Walney | 1x WrL |
| 70 | Retained | Windermere | Ellerthwaite Road, Windermere | 1x WrL, 1x L4P |
Carlisle & Eden Area
| Station Callsign |
Duty System |
Station Name |
Station Address |
Appliances |
| 22 | Retained | Alston | Front Street, Alston | 1x WrL |
| 62 | Retained | Appleby | Holme Street, Appleby-In-Westmorland | 1x WrL, 1x L4P |
| 23 | Retained | Brampton | Greenfield Lane, Brampton | 1x WrL |
| 20 | Wholetime | Carlisle East | Eastern Way, Durranhill, Carlisle | 1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x MRV |
| 21 | Wholetime | Carlisle West | Brookside, Raffles, Carlisle | 1x WrL |
| 65 | Retained | Kirby Stephen | Christian Head, Kirby Stephen | 1x WrL |
| 24 | Retained | Lazonby | Banktop, Lazonby | 1x WrL |
| 25 | Retained | Longtown | Mary Street, Longtown | 1x WrL |
| 26 | Retained | Patterdale | A592, Patterdale | 1x WrL |
| 27 | Retained | Penrith | Kemplay Bank, Penrith | 2x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x MRV, 1x CCU |
| 68 | Retained | Shap | Main Street, Shap | 1x WrL |
| 11 | Retained | Wigton | Station Road, Wigton | 1x WrL |
Incidents of note
- 8 January 2005 - Carlisle and North Cumbria Floods,[1] the worst flooding in living memory caused massive disruption and damage across the county. More than 3,000 properties were affected, 60,000 homes were without power and some areas of Carlisle were under 7 ft (2.1 m) of water.[2]
- 5 November 2006 - Over 100 firefighters from across South Cumbria fought a major fire which eventually destroyed two of Barrow's largest superstores (MFI and Allied Carpets).[3]
- 2 January 2008 - Dozens of firefighters fight a large blaze in Barrow's Matalan store, just next door to a construction site where MFI once stood.[4]
- December 2009 - Dozens of firefighters fight a large blaze in Penrith's Morrisons Supermarket, which resulted in a complete rebuild of the store.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/weather/floods_january_2005/floods_gallery2_index.shtml
- ↑ http://www.cumbriafire.gov.uk/about/incidents/floods/story.asp
- ↑ http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=431809
- ↑ http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=582079
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