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Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service

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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

Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service httpswwwhwfireorgukassetsimghwfrslogojpg

Counties
  
Herefordshire  Worcestershire

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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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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

  • Water Tender (WrT): 1 / 3
  • Water Tender With Animal Rescue (WrTa): 1 / 3
  • Rescue Pump (RP): 2
  • Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) Rescue Pump (CRP) 2 / 3
  • Ultra Heavy Rescue Pump (UHRP): 2
  • Young Firefigters Tender (YFT): N/A
  • Training Appliance (TA): N/A
  • Restricted Access Vehicle (RAV): 5
  • Water Carrier (WrC): 7
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): 6
  • Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): 5
  • Light 4x4 Vehicle + All Terrain vehicle (L4V+ATV): 4 / 5
  • Swift Water Rescue Unit + Inshore Rescue Boat (SWRU+IrbT): 5
  • Command Support Unit (CSU): 8
  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): 8
  • Incident Support Unit (ISU): 8
  • Incident Response Unit (IRU) 8
  • Line Rescue Unit (LiRU): 8
  • Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): M10
  • Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL): P10
  • Red Cross Support Vehicle (RCSV)
  • West Midlands Ambulance Standby (WMA)


    • CBRN Response:

    Incident Response Unit (IRU): IR22


    Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):

  • Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): S136
  • Personnel Carrier Vehicle (PCV): S138
  • Prime Mover (PM): M54/M55/M56

    • Pods:

  • Module 1 - Technical Search Equipment
  • Module 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting
  • Module 3 - Breaching & Breaking Equipment
  • Module 4 - Multi Purpose Vehicle
  • Module 5 - Shoring Operations

    • References

    Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service Wikipedia
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