North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the predominantly rural principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham in the north of Wales.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service


Operational area
Country United Kingdom
Part Wales
RegionNorth Wales
Agency overview
Established1996 (1996)
Chief Fire OfficerSimon Smith
Facilities and equipment
Stations44
Website
Official website

The service was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government, by a merger of the previous Clwyd and Gwynedd fire services. It covers an area of 2,400 square miles (6,200 km2) with around 670,000 people. The Service employs over 1000 staff in operational and support roles.[1]

The fire authority which administers the service is a joint board made up of councillors from Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham councils.

Fire stations/appliances

North Wales Fire & Rescue Service is the only fire service in the UK to not use sirens. All of their fire engines have either two tone horns or Martinhorns fitted

Station callsign Station name Duty system Appliances
WN01CaernarfonDay crewed/retained/cross crewed*2x WrL, 1x HVP
WN02BangorDay crewed/retained/cross crewed*2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x WIU+IrbT*, 1x IRU*
WN03HolyheadDay crewed/cross crewed*2x WrL, 1x EPU, 1x ET*
WN04DolgellauNucleus/cross crewed*1x WrL, 1x DrP, 1 crv
WN05AberdyfiRetained1x WrL
WN06AbersochRetained1x WrL
WN07AmlwchRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN08BalaRetained1x WrL
WN09BarmouthRetained1x WrL,
WN10BeaumarisRetained1x WrL
WN11BenllechRetained1x WrL
WN12Blaenau FestiniogRetained1x WrL, 1x L6P
WN13HarlechRetained1x WrL, 1x L2P
WN14LlanberisRetained1x WrL
WN15LlangefniRetained1x WrL, 1x Drp
WN16Menai BridgeRetained1x WrL
WN17NefynRetained1x WrL
WN18PorthmadogRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN19PwllheliRetained2x WrL, 1xcrv
WN20RhosneigrRetained1x WrL
WN21TywynRetained1x WrL
WN22LlandudnoDay crewed/retained/cross crewed*2x WrL, 1x GPV*, 2x PM*, pods: 1x HVP, 1x HLU
WN23Colwyn BayDay crewed/cross crewed*2x WrL
WN24RhylWholetime/retained/cross crewed*2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV, 1x ICU*
WN25AbergeleRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN26Betws-Y-CoedRetained/cross crewed*1x WrL, 1x WIU+IrbT*
WN27Cerrig-Y-DrudionRetained1x WrL
WN28ConwyRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN29CorwenRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN30DenbighRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN31LlanfairfechanRetained1x WrL
WN32LlangollenRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN33LlanrwstRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN34PrestatynRetained1x WrL
WN35RuthinRetained/cross crewed*1x WrL, 1x WIU+IrbT*
WN36St. AsaphRetained1x WrL
WN37WrexhamWholetime/cross crewed*3x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x ET*, 1x EPU*, 1x GPV
WN38DeesideWholetime/retained/cross crewed*2x WrL, 1x WIU+IrbT*, 1x FoC*,
WN39BuckleyRetained1x WrL
WN40ChirkRetained1x WrL, 1x DrP
WN41FlintRetained1x WrL
WN42HolywellRetained1x WrL
WN43JohnstownRetained1x WrL
WN44MoldRetained1x WrL,

Fire appliance glossary
  • Water Ladder (WrL): P1 / P2 / P3
  • Dual Role Pump (DrP): M1
  • Light 2x2 Pump (L2P): L1
  • Light 6x6 Pump (L6P): L1
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
  • Water Incident Unit + Inshore Rescue Boat (WIU+IrbT): B1
  • Incident Command Unit (ICU): C1
  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H1
  • Emergency Tender (ET): R1
  • Foam Carrier (FoC): S1
  • Incident Support Unit (ISU): S1
  • General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1 / T7
  • Prime Mover (PM): T8 / T9

Pods:

  • High Volume Pump (HVP)
  • Hose Layer Unit (HLU)

CBRN Response

  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

See also

References
  1. About Us Archived 2 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine From official website
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