Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service

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Country United Kingdom County Suffolk Stations 35		Country England Chief Fire Officer Mark Hardingham Address Newmarket CB8 7RL, UK
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Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Suffolk in East Anglia, England. It was formed in 1948 as the Suffolk & Ipswich Fire Service, before changing after the 1974 Local Government Review to 'Suffolk Fire Service'. Following the 2004 Fire & Rescue Services Act, the service name was changed to Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service to better reflect its role.

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Water Tender (WrT): P1

Water Ladder (WrL): P3/P4

Rescue Tender (RT): P5

Heavy Rescue Tender (HRT): R5

Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP): A6

Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A6

Water Carrier (WrC): W7

Water Rescue Unit (WRU): R8

Multi Purpose Vehicle + Inshore Rescue Boat (MPV+IrbT): R9

Command Support Unit (CSU): C9

Bulk Foam Unit (BFU): S8

Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S8

Operational Support Unit (OSU): S9

Unimog (MOG): T9

CBRN Response:

Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): T6

Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Re-robe (PM+MDR): T7

Notable Incidents

2010 - Little Cornard - 21 people injured after train derails on level crossing after a collision with a tanker

2010 - Lowestoft - over 100 firefighters in attendance at a meat processing factory fire

2011 - Ipswich - Psychiatric hospital fire. Patient nearly died after the fire alarm was ignored 8 times

2012 - Hadleigh - 10 crews attend fuel tankers on fire

2015 - Sudbury - 100 firefighters attend Nail bar fire

References

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service Wikipedia

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Contents

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Notable Incidents

References