Leicestershire and Rutland Fire and Rescue Service

Leicestershire and Rutland Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country  England
Counties  Leicestershire
 Rutland
Agency overview
Chief Fire Officer Richard Chandler
Facilities and equipment
Stations 20
Website
Official website

Leicestershire and Rutland Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service which covers Leicestershire and Rutland including the unitary authority of Leicester.

History

The Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Brigade and the separate City of Leicester Fire Brigade were created in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974 the City of Leicester brigade was merged with the Leicestershire and Rutland brigade to form the present fire service.

Since Rutland and the City of Leicester became unitary authorities in the 1990s, the fire authority which administers the service is a joint-board made up of representatives from Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council.[1]

At the meeting of the Combined Fire Authority on 11 February 2015, Richard Chandler, the current Deputy Chief Fire and Rescue Officer, was confirmed as the successor to the retiring Dave Webb, who has been Chief since 2002.[2]

Current Executive Team

The current team of Directors and Area Managers[3] (correct as of 18 February 2015)

Chief Fire and Rescue Officer - Richard Chandler
Assistant Chief Fire and Rescue Officer and Director of Community Services - Steve Lunn
Director of Finance and Corporate Services and Treasurer of the Combined Fire Authority - Trevor Peel
Area Manager Community Response - Rick Taylor
Area Manager Community Risk and Safety - Andrew Brodie
Area Manager Corporate Services - Guy Goodman
Area Manager of Training and Decelopment - Joe Tasker
Area Manager - Head of Finance - Adam Stretton
Area Manager - Head of Human Resources, Planning and Performance - Mark Andrew

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
S20 Loughborough Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x WrC*, 1x DIM*, 1x GPV
S21 Melton Mowbray Retained 1x RP, 1x WrL
S22 Birstall Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x WrL, 1x WelfU*
S23 Eastern Wholetime 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x GPV
S24 Western Wholetime 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x GPV, 1x FESU
S25 Coalville Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x EPU*, 1x GPV
S26 Ashby Retained 1x RP
S27 Castle Donnington Wholetime 1x WrL
S28 Shepshed Retained/Cross Crewed* 1x RP, 1x ICCU*
S30 Central Wholetime 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV
S31 Wigston Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ICCU*, 1x GPV
S32 Billesdon Retained 1x WrL, 1x FRV
S33 Oakham Wholetime 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x GPV
S34 Uppingham Retained/Cross Crewed* 1x RP, 1x ISU*
S35 Kibworth Retained/Cross Crewed* 1x WrL, 1x WelfU*
S36 Market Harborough Retained 1x RP, 1x WrL
S37 Lutterworth Retained/Cross Crewed* 1x RP, 1x WrC*
S38 Hinckley Wholetime 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV
S39 Market Bosworth Retained 1x WrL, 1x FFU
S40 Southern Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x RP, 1x PM+HLU*, 1x IRU*, 1x HRSU, 1x LiRU, 1x GPV, 1x IrbT, 1x SDU, 4x PM+5x USAR Pods

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Specialist Rescue Team:

Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):

Pods:

CBRN Response:

References

  1. ↑ Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority
  2. ↑ http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/New-Leicestershire-chief-appointed/story-25997347-detail/story.html
  3. ↑ http://www.leicestershire-fire.gov.uk/phocadownload/Organisational_Structure_Job_Descriptions/Organisational%20Structure%20Jan%202015.pdf

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, January 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.