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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.

Contents

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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