Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country	England
County	Shropshire
Agency overview
Established	1948 (1948)
Employees	500
Chief Fire Officer	John Redmond
Facilities and equipment
Stations	23
Website
Official website

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.

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.

Organisation and Management

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.^[1]

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

An aerial appliance of the Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service

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.^[2]^[3]

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
H01	Abrighton	Retained	1x WrL
H02	Baschurch	Retained	1x WrL
H03	Bishops Castle	Retained	1x WrL
H04	Bridgnorth	Retained	1x RP, 1x WrC, 1x ISU
H05	Church Stretton	Retained	1x RP, 1x L6P
H06	Cleobury Mortimer	Retained	1x RP
H07	Clun	Retained	1x RP
H08	Craven Arms	Retained	1x WrL
H09	Ellesmere	Retained	1x WrL
H10	Hodnet	Retained	1x WrL
H11	Ludlow	Retained	1x RP, 1x ISU
H12	Market Drayton	Retained	1x RP, 1x L4P, 1x ISU
H13	Minsterley	Retained	1x RP, 1x L4P, 1x ISU
H14	Much Wenlock	Retained	1x RP
H15	Newport	Retained	1x RP, 1x ISU
H16	Oswestry	Retained	1x WrL, 1x RP, 1x ISU
H17	Prees	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x RRU, 1x PM+HVP, 1x PM+HVHL
H18	Shrewsbury	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x RP, 1x ALP, 1x WRU+IrbT, 1x LPU, 1x ICCU, 1x GPV, 1x IRU, 3x PM for HPU, HLU, MDD
H19	Telford Central	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x RP, 1x ALP, 1x IRU*
H20	Tweedale	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x ICCU, 1x PM for EPU, BFU
H21	Wellington	Wholetime/Retained	1x WrL, 1x RP, 1x HRT, 1x ISU
H22	Wem	Retained	1x RP
H23	Whitchurch	Retained	1x RP, 1x ISU
H30	HQ Command	Retained	3x ICCU

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

External links

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Fire services in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies

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Scotland	Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Wales	Mid & West Wales North Wales South Wales

Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Crown Dependencies	Jersey Fire and Rescue Service Guernsey Fire and Rescue Service Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service

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