Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (OSFRS)
Operational area
Country  England
County  Oxfordshire
Agency overview
Chief Fire Officer Simon Furlong
Facilities and equipment
Stations 24
Engines 32
HAZMAT 5
Website
Official website

The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire service serving the county of Oxfordshire, England.[1] It is known as an on-call fire service with whole-time support.

Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters is in Kidlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire. This is also the location of the fire service control room and workshops. Oxfordshires control room is now based at Reading, known as Thames valley fire control centre, in partnership with Royal Berkshire and Buckingham / Milton keynes fire and rescue services. Kidlington's control room now acts as a backup/secondary control.

The current chief fire officer is Simon Furlong.

Fire stations/appliances

Goring Fire Station
Wantage Fire Station
Didcot Fire Station
Thame Fire Station

The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service currently operates out of 24 fire stations, All with On-call firefighters, 3x with Wholetime 24hr cover 4x day crewed located across Oxfordshire.

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
JX01BanburyWholetime/Cross Crewed/On-call*2x Water/Ladder, 1x Prime Mover + High Volume Pump*, 1x Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer*
JX02Hook NortonOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX03Chipping NortonOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX04CharlburyOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX05WoodstockOn-call/Cross Crewed*1x Water/Ladder, 1x Incident Command & Control Unit*
JX06KidlingtonDay Crewed/On-call1x Water/Ladder, 1x Specialist Rescue Unit,l
JX07BicesterOn-call/Cross Crewed*2x Water/Ladder, 1x Detection, Identification & Monitoring*
JX08DeddingtonOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX09EnyshamOn-call/Cross Crewed*1x Water/Ladder 1x Prime Mover + Incident Support Unit*
JX10WitneyOn-call1x Water/Ladder, 1x Light Response Vehicle
JX11BurfordOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX12BamptonWholetime/On-call2 X Water/Ladder (1 Crewed daytime only)
JX21Rewley RoadWholetime/On-call/Cross Crewed*3x Water/Ladder, 1x Aerial Ladder Platform, 1 X Environmental Protection Pod
JX22AbingdonDay Crewed/On-call2x Water/Ladder, 1x 4x4
JX23FaringdonOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX24WantageOn-call1x Water/Ladder, 1x 4x4
JX25GoringOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX26HenleyOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX27ThameOn-call1x Water/Ladder, 1 x Light Response Vehicle
JX28WheatleyOn-call/Crossed Crewed1x Water/Ladder, 1x Water Carrier
JX29WatlingtonOn-call1x Water/Ladder
JX30Slade ParkWholetime/Cross Crewed*/On-call2x Water/Ladder, 1 X British Red Cross Emergency Response Unit
JX31WallingfordOn-call1x Water/Ladder,
JX32DidcotDay Crewed/On-call2x Water/Ladder, 1 X Hazmat Decontamination Unit
JX42Kidlington HQDay Crewed1x Communications Support Unit, 2x Light 4x4 Vehicle

1x Body recovery unit working on behalf of the coroners office.

Oxon Fire and Rescue responding to Randolph Hotel fire.

Fire appliance glossary/callsigns

Fire Application Glossary Shortened Name Callsign Photo
Water Ladder WrL P1/P2/P3
Light Response Vehicle LRV P2
Water Carrier WrC W1
Aerial Ladder Platform ALP A1
Specialist Rescue Unit SRU R1
Heavy Rescue Unit HRU R2
Communications Support Unit CSU C1
Incident Command & Control Unit ICU C1
Environmental Protection Unit EPU H1
Canteen Vehicle CV S1
Fire & Emergency Support Unit FESU S1
Light 4x4 Vehicle L4V S1/S2
Prime Mover + Incident Support Unit PM+ISU S1
Prime Mover + High Volume Pump PM+HVP T2
Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer PM+HVHL T2
CRBN Response
Detection, Identification & Monitoring DIM H8
Incident Response Unit IRU H9
A deployed "Prime Mover" with "Water/Ladder" engine in the background.

References

  1. ↑ online@oxfordshire.gov.uk, Oxfordshire County Council, 01865 792422,. "Fire and Rescue Service". oxfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2018.


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