Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
| Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service | |
|---|---|
| Operational area | |
| Country |
 England |
| County |
 Shropshire |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1948 |
| Employees | 500 |
| Chief Fire Officer | John Redmond |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 23 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin, in the West Midlands region of England.
Shropshire's Fire and Rescue Service is provided by 500 full-time and retained firefighters based at 23 fire stations around the county. They currently deploy 46 operational vehicles and a number of specialist appliances.
Organisation and Management
Fire Authority
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is governed by Elected Council representatives from Shropshire's two unitary Councils, Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council, together these representatives make up the Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority, chaired by an elected Councillor, the current Chair is Councillor Stuart West.
Day to day Operational control of the service, is vested in the Chief Fire Officer (CFO), the current CFO is John Redmond.[1]
Executive Control
Within the organisation the CFO has full responsibility for the service also manages Finance and Resources.
The remainder of executive duties falls to the senior management team, consisting of:
- Assistant Chief Fire Fire Officer - Steve Worrall who responsible for Community Safety, Service Delivery and Operations
- Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Louise McKenzie who is responsible for Human Resources, Training, Development, Performance Review and Risk, Information and Communications Technology, Administration and Chaplaincy
Performance
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is one of the highest performing UK fire services, achieving consistently high marks in external audits carried out by the Audit Commission.[2][3]
Fire stations
Shropshire has a total of 23 stations:
Wholetime
- Shrewsbury
- Wellington
- Telford Central
- Tweedale, near Madeley
Retained
- Oswestry
- Clun
- Ellesmere
- Whitchurch
- Prees
- Market Drayton
- Hodnet
- Wem
- Baschurch
- Newport
- Minsterley
- Much Wenlock
- Bishop's Castle
- Church Stretton
- Craven Arms
- Ludlow
- Cleobury Mortimer
- Bridgnorth
- Tweedale (also Wholetime), near Madeley
- Albrighton
- Shrewsbury (also Wholetime)
- Wellington (also Wholetime)
Fire Appliances
The Service operates a fleet of mainly Scania and Dennis Sabre appliances painted in a distinctive red and white scheme, in contrast to the more common red and yellow 'battenburg' scheme popular with many UK services. Special appliances are mainly Volvo based.
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