Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country  England
County  Buckinghamshire
Agency overview
Established 1 April 1997 (1997-04-01)
Employees 683
Chief Fire Officer Jason Thelwell
Facilities and equipment
Stations 20
USAR Yes
Website
Official website

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, is the Local Authority Fire Service serving the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire. It comprises the four districts of Buckinghamshire – Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe – and the unitary authority of Milton Keynes.

The Combined Fire Authority became operational on 1 April 1997 as a result of the Buckinghamshire Fire Services(Combination Scheme) Order 1996 which was approved in November 1996.[1]

Fire Stations/Appliances[2][3]

Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service operates 20 fire stations, of which six are crewed day and night (wholetime), four are day-crewed (on station everyday, 09:00 to 18:00 and respond from their homes in the night) the remainder are crewed by on call firefighters who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call being received. Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service also operate a pool of "flexi-firefighters" who fill in gaps in wholetime crewing.[4]

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
JC11Great HolmWholetime / On Call2x RP, 1x TL,
JC12BletchleyWholetime / On Call1x RP, 1x WTT*, 1x FESS*
JC13BroughtonWholetime / On Call1x RP, 1x WT*, 1x OSU*
JC14Newport PagnellDay Crewed1x RP, 1x WRU
JC15OlneyOn Call1x WT
JC21AylesburyWholetime / On Call3x RP, 1x OSU*, 1x ICCU*, 1x EPU/ARU
JC22BuckinghamDay Crewed / On Call1x RP, 1x WT*
JC23WinslowOn Call1x WT
JC24BrillOn Call1x WT
JC25WaddesdonOn Call1X WTT
JC26HaddenhamOn Call1x RP
JC29 Aylesbury (USAR) Wholetime 5x PM for 5x USAR Pods
JC31AmershamDay Crewed / On Call2x RP
JC32CheshamOn Call1x RP
JC33Great MissendenOn Call1x RP
JC41High WycombeWholetime / On Call3x RP, 1x TL
JC42Princes RisboroughOn Call1x RP, 1x FT
JC43StokenchurchOn Call1x SFU
JC44MarlowOn Call1x WT, 1x OSU
JC51BeaconsfieldWholetime / On Call2x RP, 1x WRU,
JC52Gerrards CrossDay Crewed1x RP 1x WTa

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

  • (RP) - Rescue Pump P1/P2
  • (WT) - Water Tender P1/P2/P4
  • (TL) - Turntable Ladder: A8
  • (WRU) - Water Rescue Unit: B1
  • (OSU) - Operational Support Unit: S6
  • (ICU) - Incident Command and Control Unit: C7
  • (WTT) - Water Tanker Tender: PW1/PW2
  • (WTa) - Water Tanker: W5
  • (FT) - Foam Tanker: W5
  • (SFU) - Small Fires Unit (SP4)
  • (EPU/ARU) - Environmental Protection Unit / Animal Rescue Unit: S61
  • (FESS) British Red Cross Fire and Emergency Support Service: S7

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR):

  • Prime Mover (PM): T6/T7/T8

Pods:

  • Module 1 - Technical Search Equipment
  • Module 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting
  • Module 3 - Breaching & Breaking Equipment
  • Module 4 - Multi Purpose Vehicle
  • Module 5 - Shoring Operations

References

  1. ↑ "STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1996 No. 2924". Legislation.gov.uk. 19 November 1996. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bucks Fire & Rescue Service | Our Fire Stations | Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes". bucksfire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Bucks Fire & Rescue Service | Meet The Fleet | Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes". bucksfire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ↑ (PDF) http://bucksfire.gov.uk/files/2114/7333/8207/ITEM_8_Fire_Reform_Report_Executive_21092016__Appendices.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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