Country England Annual budget £32.6 million Engines 41 Founded 1974 Stations 27 | Established 1974 (1974) Chief Fire Officer Nathan Travis Number of employees 332 Rescue vehicles 1 | |
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Counties Herefordshire
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Hereford and worcester fire and rescue service on scene at an afa
The Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region of England. The two counties consist of around 1,500 square miles, and a population of over 750,000 people.
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- Hereford and worcester fire and rescue service on scene at an afa
- Fire Appliance GlossaryCallsigns
- References
The service was created in 1974 when Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to create the county of Hereford and Worcester. The two counties were split up again in 1998 but the fire service remained, and is now run by a joint fire authority.
The service has 332 wholetime operational staff, 369 retained (part-time) staff, 21 Fire Control staff, as well as about 98 non-uniformed support staff. The busiest areas of Hereford and Worcester fire & rescue is Worcester and Redditch both averaging roughly 1500 call outs a year the Least busiest areas are Broadway and Fownhope averaging between 20-40 call outs a year neighbouring fire services include: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Mid and West Wales, South Wales and the West Midlands.
Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns
CBRN Response:
Incident Response Unit (IRU): IR22
Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):
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