Country Wales Chief Fire Officer Chris Davies Founded 1996 Stations 57 | Established 1996 (1996) Phone +44 370 606 0699 Number of employees 1,400 | |
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Region Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Swansea Address Plough Road, Knighton, Powys LD7 1HA, UK Similar Shropshire Fire and Rescue, Staffords Fire and Rescue S, Hereford & Worcester Fire and, Newtown, Llandrind Profiles | ||
The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the Welsh principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea.
The service was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the earlier Dyfed, Powys and West Glamorgan fire brigades.
The service is the largest by area in England and Wales covering a predominantly rural area of 4,500 square miles (11,700 km2) and the third largest in the United Kingdom behind the Scottish and Northern Ireland fire services. It has 57 fire stations, and around 1,400 staff.
The fire authority which administers the service is a joint-board, made up of councillors appointed from Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea councils.
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