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Country
  
England

Chief Fire Officer
  
Russell Pearson

County
  
Surrey

Stations
  
24

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Surrey fire and rescue service


The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 24 fire stations. It comes under the administrative and legislative control of Surrey County Council, who fund the service by collecting a precept via council tax, and from central government funds, known as a grant settlement.

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Surrey s co responding scheme


The fire and rescue service

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service employs approximately 1000 staff and looks after a population of over one million people spread across an area of 1663 square kilometres. The region features several large urban areas such as Guildford, Redhill and Woking; 64 miles of motorway; and is in close proximity to the two largest airports in the United Kingdom: London Heathrow and London Gatwick.

A total of 24 fire stations are strategically sited throughout the County. 17 of these are crewed on a wholetime basis, with fire engine crews available at the fire station 24 hours a day and seven are crewed on a part-time basis (i.e. the crew live and work in the near vicinity and are available on call).

Historically, fire cover was set to national standards that were defined back in the 1930s.

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

  • Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P2/P3
  • Water Carrier (WrC): W1
  • Light 4x4 Tender (L4T): M1
  • Heavy 4x4 Tender/Pump (H4T/P): M1/M2
  • Heavy 4x4 Vehicle/Animal Rescue Unit (H4V/ARU): M1
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
  • Swift Water Rescue Unit + Inshore Rescue Boat (SWRU+IrbT): B3
  • Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H1
  • Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU): S3
  • fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S6
  • Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): T8
  • Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Laying (PM+HVHL): T9
  • Prime Mover + Incident Support Unit (PM+ISU): T1/T2


    • CBRN Response:

  • Detection, Identification & Monitoring (DIM): H8
  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9
  • Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): T10

    • In 2015 26 multi role Land Rover Defenders were added to the fleet, as well as new BMW X3 officer vehicles, Scania Wrcs and ALPs. The multi role vehicles are based at many stations, including Egham, Staines and Camberley.

    Currently the following vehicles are used for the roles above:

    WrL: Scania P280, Scania P280, Scania 94d 260, Volvo Saxon.

    WrC: Mercedes-Benz Automatic, Scania P450

    L4T: Land Rover Defender

    H4T/P: Mercedes Benz Unimog

    HV4/ARU: Mercedes-Benz Unimog

    ALP: Volvo Angloco, Scania P370

    SWRU+IrbT: Pioneer, Land Rover Defender, Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

    ICCU: Renault, Mercedes-Benz Vario, Forward Command: Ford Transit, Rapid Command: Vauxhall Combo

    EPU: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

    BASU: Ford Transit

    FESU: Fiat Trigano Tribute

    PM+HVP: Man Marshall Prime Mover

    PM+HVHL: Man Marshall Prime Mover

    PM+ISU: Man Marshall Prime Mover

    DIM: Iveco Daily

    IRU: Man Marshall Prime Mover

    PM+MDD: Man Marshall Prime Mover

    Additional Vehicles:

    Other ARU: Ford Transit

    Officer Vehicles: BMW X3, Vauxhall Astra

    Personal Carriers: Ford Transit

    Multi Role Vehicle: Land Rover Defender

    Unknown Role: Mercedes-Benz Vito, Volkswagen Caddy

    References

    Surrey Fire and Rescue Service Wikipedia
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