Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service
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Operational area
Country  England
County  Norfolk
Agency overview
Chief Fire Officer Roy Harold
Facilities and equipment
Stations 42
Website
Official website

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service operates in the English non-metropolitan county of Norfolk.

The Headquarters

The Headquarters of Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is in the village of Hethersett which is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west of Norwich.[1] The full address is Whitegates, Hethersett, NR9 3DN. Whitegates was commandeered for use by the National Fire Service during the Second World War and was eventually purchased by Norfolk County Council in 1950. The building was built as a family home in the late eighteenth century and has had various owners over the years. New building at the rear of the original house in recent times has replaced the coach house and stables of earlier times.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
Acle Retained 1x RRP
N40 Attleborough Retained 1x RP, 1x O&WSU
N20 Aylsham Retained 1x WrL
N88 Carrow Wholetime 1x HRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT, 1x US&RDU
N66 Cromer Retained 1x WrL, 1x RP
N42 Dereham Retained 1x WrL, 1x RP
N88 USAR Wholetime/Retained 1x SDU, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT, 1x OSU, 3x PM + Modules 1/2/3/4/5
Diss Retained 1x WrL, 1x RP
Downham Market Retained 1x RP
N87 East Harling Retained 1x WrL
N44 Fakenham Retained 1x RP, 1x WrT, 1x F/WrC
Gorleston Retained 1x WrT
N69 Great Yarmouth Wholetime/Retained 1x WrL, 1x HRP, 1x RRP, 1x ALP
Harleston Retained 1x WrL
Heacham Retained 1x RP
N73 Hethersett Retained 1x RP, 1x F/WrC, 1x IRU
Hingham Retained 1x WrL
Holt Retained 1x RP
N46 Hunstanton Retained 1x RP
N47 King's Lynn North Wholetime (Split Crew)/Retained 1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x RRP, 1x ALP
N47 King's Lynn South Wholetime (Split Crew) 1x HRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT
Loddon Retained 1x RRP
N26 Long Stratton Retained 1x WrL
Martham Retained 1x RRP
Massingham Retained 1x WrL
Methwold Retained 1x RRP
N72 Mundesley Retained 1x WrL
N87 North Earlham Wholetime/Retained 1x RP, 1x WrT, 1x ALP
N73 North Walsham Retained 1x WrL
Outwell Retained 1x WrL
Reepham Retained 1x WrL
Sandringham Retained 2x WrT
N74 Sheringham Retained 1x WrL
N29 Sprowston Wholetime 1x RP, 1x EPU, 1x FESS
N75 Staltham Retained 1x RP
N52 Swaffham Retained 1x RP
Terrington Retained 1x RP
N54 Thetford Day Crewed/Retained 1x HRP, 1x RRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT, 1x PM pods: 1x HVP, 1x HVHL
N57 Watton Retained 1x RP
Wells Retained 1x WrL
West Walton Retained 1x WrT
Wroxham Retained 1x RRP
N31 Wymondham Retained 2x WrL, 1x CCU

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Pods:


CBRN Response:

Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9


Urban Search & Rescue Unit (USAR):

Norfolk also hosts one of the UK's Urban Search and Rescue teams, these were originally set up as a response to the 9/11 tragedy in New York. The Norfolk team comprises 15 wholetime USAR technicians and 16 retained technicians along with a search dog. The team is based in Dereham in central Norfolk alongside the town's retained crew.

Pods:

Notable Incidents

Gallery

Incidents
Facilities

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey Explorer Map, Sheet 237, Norwich, Wymondham, Attleborough and Watton, ISBN 0-319-23809-1
  2. ↑ http://www.lgcplus.com/legal-definition-of-waste-sought-after-east-anglian-fire/1645399.article
  3. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/1/newsid_2526000/2526839.stm
  4. ↑ http://www.norfolkfireservice.gov.uk/nfrs/your-local-station/31-locations/214-wroxham
  5. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-12261186
  6. ↑ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/key_findings_in_report_into_train_crash_in_norwich_which_put_11_people_in_hospital_1_3582966
  7. ↑ http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140501_R092014_Norwich.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-27564523

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