South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country  Wales
Region South Wales
Agency overview
Established 1996
Employees 1000
Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway
Facilities and equipment
Stations 52
Website
Official website

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 Taf, 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. It covers an area of around 1,000 square miles (3,000 km2) with a population of around 1.4 million.[1]

The fire authority which runs the service is a joint-board made up of councillors from the ten principal areas covered by the service.

Fire stations

Ely Fire Station, Cardiff

SWFRS fire stations are a mixture of full-time, day crewed and retained stations. They are located in the following places:[2]

Wholetime

Wholetime/Retained

Day Crewed

Retained

References

  1. ↑ "Where We Are". South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fire Stations". South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

External links

Coordinates: 51°33′12″N 3°23′52.25″W / 51.55333°N 3.3978472°W