Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

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Country United Kingdom County Lancashire Chief Fire Officer Chris Kenny		Country England Employees +1,500 Stations 39

The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Lancashire, England and also includes the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service is made up of 6 Area Commands as follows: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Central and Pennine. Within these areas there are 18 wholetime, 17 retained and 4 day crewed stations providing Lancashire with 24hr fire cover.

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Water Rescue Ladder (WrL): P1/P2

Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): M1

Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A2

Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV): M1

Multi Purpose Vehicle + Inshore Rescue Boat (MPV+IrbT): T2

Flatbed Vehicle + Softrack Vehicle (FlbdV+StV): T1

Command Support Unit (CSU): C1

Prime Mover + Environmental Protection Unit (PM+EPU): T9

Prime Mover + Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (PM+BASU): T2

Prime Mover + Bulk Foam Unit (PM+BFU): T1/T2

Prime Mover + Major Incident Support Unit (PM+MISU): T1

Prime Mover + High Volume Pumping (PM+HVP): T8

Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL):

CBRN Response:

Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR):

Line Rescue Unit (LiRU): R1/R2

Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): R9

Prime Movers (PM): T6/T7/T8

USAR 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

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service Wikipedia

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