Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country	England
County	Staffordshire
Agency overview
Established	1974 (1974)
Chief Fire Officer	Rebecca Bryant
Facilities and equipment
Stations	31
Website
Official website

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service responsible for fire protection, prevention, intervention and emergency rescue in the county of Staffordshire and unitary area of Stoke-on-Trent.

The brigade functions under the control of the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority a joint-authority made up of councillors from several areas of the county.

Organisation

The service is run under the command of the Chief Fire Officer and an executive board, and provides emergency response from 33 strategically located fire stations, divided into three delivery groups:

Northern
Eastern
Western

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
T11	Leek	Day Crewed/Retained	1x RPL, 1x WrT, 1x L4T
T12	Longnor	Retained	1x RRP
T13	Biddulph	Retained	1x RPL
T14	Ipstones	Retained	1x RRP
T15	Cheadle	Retained	1x RPL, 1x WrC
T21	Newcastle	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x WrT, 1x TRV, 1x WRU, 1x WFU, 1x IRU*
T22	Kidsgrove	Retained	1x RPL
T24	Loggerheads	Retained	1x RPL
T31	Hanley	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x WrT, 1x TRV, 1x PM* for 1x EDLU, 1x WSU, 1x MDD
T32	Burslem	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrT, 1x WFU*
T33	Longton	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x WrT, 1x ALP, 1x RT, 1x DIM*
T34	Sandyford	Wholetime	1x RPL
T41	Stafford	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x RRU*
T42	Stone	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x CSU*
T43	Eccleshall	Retained	1x RPL
T44	Gnosall	Retained	1x RPL
T45	Rising Brook	Retained	1x WrT
T51	Burton	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x WrT, 1x ALP, 1x WFU, 1x IRU*
T52	Uttoxeter	Retained	1x RPL
T53	Tutbury	Retained	1x RPL
T54	Abbots Bromley	Retained	1x RPL
T55	Needwood	Retained	1x RPL
T61	Cannock	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x RRP, 1x WrC, 1x ARU*
T62	Rugeley	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x PM+HVP*
T71	Lichfield	Day Crewed/Retained	1x RPL, 1x TRV
T72	Chase Terrace	Retained	1x RPL
T81	Mercia	Retained	1x WrT
T82	Belgrave	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x RPL, 1x WRU*
T91	Bilbrook & Codsall	Retained	1x RPL
T92	Penkridge	Retained	1x RPL
T93	Brewood	Retained	1x RPL
T94	Wombourne	Retained	1x RPL
T95	Kinver	Retained	1x RPL

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Rescue Pump Ladder (RPL): P1
Water Tender (WrT): P1/P2
Rural Response Pump (RRP): P2
Targeted Response Vehicle (TRV): L1
Water Carrier (WrC): W1
Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
Command Support Unit (CSU): C1
Light 4x4 Tender (L4T): M1
Rescue Tender (RT): R1
Water Rescue Unit (WRU): R2
Animal Rescue Unit (ARU): R3
Rope Rescue Unit (RRU): R5
Welfare Unit (WFU): S1
Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): T8
Prime Mover (PM): T9

Pods:

Environmental Damage Limitation Unit (EDLU)
Welfare Support Unit (WSU)

CBRN Response:

Detection, Identification & Monitoring (DIM): H8
Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9
Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): T9

References

External links

http://www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk

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