Leicestershire and Rutland Fire and Rescue Service

Leicestershire and Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country  England
Counties  Leicestershire
 Rutland
Agency overview
Chief Fire Officer Steve Lunn
Facilities and equipment
Stations 20
Website
Official website
The Grade-II listed Leicester Central Fire Station (1925-27)

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service which covers Leicestershire and Rutland including the unitary authority of Leicester.

History

The Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Brigade and the separate City of Leicester Fire Brigade were created in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974 the City of Leicester brigade was merged with the Leicestershire and Rutland brigade to form the present fire service.

Since Rutland and the City of Leicester became unitary authorities in the 1990s, the fire authority which administers the service is a joint-board made up of representatives from Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council.[1]

At the meeting of the Combined Fire Authority on 11 February 2015, Richard Chandler, the current Deputy Chief Fire and Rescue Officer, was confirmed as the successor to the retiring Dave Webb, who has been Chief since 2002.[2]

Current Executive Team

The current team of Directors and Area Managers[3] (correct as of 8 October 2017)

Chief Fire and Rescue Officer - Steve Lunn (leaving service 31 December 2017)
Assistant Chief Fire and Rescue Officer and Director of Service Delivery - Andrew Brodie
Assistant Chief Fire and Rescue Officer and Director of Service Support - Rick Taylor
Area Manager Operational Response - Richard Hall
Area Manager Community Risk - Paul Weston
Area Manager Tri Service Fire Control - Richard Calder
Area Manager - Head of Finance and ICT - Adam Stretton
Area Manager - Head of People and Organisational Development - Mark Andrew

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
S18Castle DonningtonWholetime1x WrL 1x WR
S19BirstallDay Crewing Plus1x WrL 1x ALP 1x Community Safety Vehicle 1x Fire Bike
S20LoughboroughWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x TRV, 1x WrL, 1x WrC*, 1x DIM*, 1x GPV
S21Melton MowbrayRetained1x TRV, 1x WrL 1x WelfU*
S23EasternWholetime1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x GPV
S24WesternWholetime1x RP, 1x GPV, 1x FESU
S25CoalvilleWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x TRV, 1x WrL, 1x EPU*, 1x GPV 1x FFU
S26AshbyRetained1x RP 1x GPV
S28ShepshedRetained/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x ICCU*
S30CentralWholetime1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV
S31WigstonWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ICCU*, 1x GPV
S32BillesdonRetained1x RP 1x GPV 1x CRV
S33OakhamWholetime1x RP, 1x TRV 1x HRU
S34UppinghamRetained/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x ISU* 1x CRV
S35KibworthRetained/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WelfU*
S36Market HarboroughRetained1x TRV, 1x WrL, 1x CRV/WR 1x HLU 1x HTV
S37LutterworthRetained/Cross Crewed*1x WrL 1x WrC* 1x GPV
S38HinckleyWholetime/Retained1x TRV, 1x WrL,
S39Market BosworthRetained1x WrL,
S40SouthernWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x PM, 1x IRU*, 1x HRSU, 1x LiRU, 1x GPV, 1x IrbT, 1x SDU, 4x PM+5x USAR Pods

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

  • Rescue Pump Ladder (RP): P2
  • Water Ladder (WrL): P1
  • Tactical Response Vehicle (TRV): P3
  • Fire Fogging Unit (FFU): W1
  • Water Carrier (WrC): W1
  • Hose Layer Unit (HLU): W2
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
  • Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H1
  • Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S1
  • Incident Support Unit (ISU): S1
  • Welfare Unit (WelfU): S1
  • General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T2
  • Co-Responder Vehicle (CRV): T1
  • hydrant Testing Vehicle (HTV)

Specialist Rescue Team:

  • Heavy Rescue Unit (HRU) R1
  • Heavy Rescue Support Unit (HRSU): R1
  • Rope Rescue Unit (LiRU): R2
  • General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
  • Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT): B1
  • Water Rescue 4x4 (WR) : R2

Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):

  • Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): R9
  • Personnel Carrier (PC): T5
  • Prime Mover (PM): T6/T7/T8/T9

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

CBRN Response:

  • Detection, Identification & Monitoring (DIM): H8
  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

References

  1. ↑ Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority Archived 2007-01-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/New-Leicestershire-chief-appointed/story-25997347-detail/story.html
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.