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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

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Country
  
England

Established
  
1948 (1948)

Chief Fire Officer
  
John Redmond

County
  
Shropshire

Employees
  
500

Stations
  
23

The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin, in the West Midlands region of England.

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Shropshire's Fire and Rescue Service is provided by 500 full-time and retained firefighters based at 23 fire stations around the county. They currently deploy 46 operational vehicles and a number of specialist appliances.

Fire Authority

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is governed by Elected Council representatives from Shropshire's two unitary Councils, Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council, together these representatives make up the Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority, chaired by an elected Councillor, the current Chair is Councillor Stuart West.

Day to day Operational control of the service, is vested in the Chief Fire Officer (CFO), the current CFO is John Redmond.

Executive Control

Within the organisation the CFO has full responsibility for the service also manages Finance and Resources.

The remainder of executive duties falls to the senior management team, consisting of:

  • Assistant Chief Fire Fire Officer - Steve Worrall who responsible for Community Safety, Service Delivery and Operations
  • Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Louise McKenzie who is responsible for Human Resources, Training, Development, Performance Review and Risk, Information and Communications Technology, Administration and Chaplaincy

    • Performance

    Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is one of the highest performing UK fire services, achieving consistently high marks in external audits carried out by the Audit Commission.

    Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

  • Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P3
  • Rescue Pump (RP): P2
  • Light 4x4 Pump (L4P): S6
  • Light 6x6 Pump (L6P): S6
  • Light Pumping Unit (LPU): W3
  • Water Carrier (WrC): W1
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
  • Incident Support Unit (ISU): S1
  • Heavy Rescue Unit (HRT): R1
  • Water Rescue Unit + Inshore Rescue Boat (WRU+IrbT): B1
  • Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1/C2/C3
  • General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
  • Rapid Response Unit (RRU): H9
  • Prime Mover (PM): T7/T8/T9^

    • For Pods:

  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H1
  • Bulk Foam Unit (BFU): S3
  • Heavy Pumping Unit (HPU): W1
  • Hose Layer Unit (HLU): W2
  • High Volume Pump (HVP): W1
  • High Volume Hose Layer (HVHL): W2

    • ^ Prime Mover Callsign when not carrying Pods

    CBRN Response:

  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9
  • Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): T9

    • References

    Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service Wikipedia
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