West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service

• Retained – The RDS is when firefighters are called to the station via pagers. Therefore, they are not always on station
• Day Manned – The day manned system is when firefighters are in the station during the day but not the night
• Wholetime – Wholetime is when firefighters are at the station 24/7 and run on watches which change every 12 hours
• Cross Crewed – Cross Crewed means that if the station has a specialized appliance(s) this means that the crew on duty can crew the normal appliances and special ones if they have no dedicated crew

• P1/P2/P3 = 4-6
• A1 = 2
• R1 = 4/5
• M1 = 1-6
• Other Appliances = 2-5

• Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P2/P3
• Light 4x4 Tender (L4T): M1
• Light 6x6 Tender (L6T): M1
• Water Carrier (WrC): W1
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
• Heavy Rescue Tender (HRT): R1
• Technical Rescue Unit [Unimog] (TRU - Unimog): R2
• Technical Rescue Unit [Water Rescue Unit] (TRU - WRU): R3
• Technical Rescue Unit [Rope Rescue Unit] (TRU - RRP): R4
• Technical Rescue Unit [Animal Rescue Unit] (TRU - ARU): R5
• Technical Rescue Unit [General Purpose Vehicle] (TRU - GPV): R6/R7
• Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT): B1/B2
• Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
• Command Support Unit (CSU): C2
• Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU): S1
• Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S6
• Fire Investigation Support Unit (FISU): F1
• Co-Responder Vehicle (CRV): V1
• High Volume Pump (HVP): W2/W4
• Hydrant Inspection Unit (HIU): N/A
• General Purpose Lorry (GPL): N/A
• Fleet Support Unit (FSU): N/A
• Logistical Support Unit (LSU): N/A
• General Staff Vehicles (GSV): N/A
• Training & Development Appliances (TDA): N/A

Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):

• Prime Mover (PM): T5/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

Technical Rescue Personnel (TRU):

• (FF) WF---
• (CM) WC---
• (WM) WW---
• (SM) WS---

(The "---" represent three numbers which are unique to each firefighter)

They use these callsigns as well as vehicles as all TRU personnel take a vehicle of their choice (except the Unimog) at the end of their shift and then operate on from their homes and wherever they take the vehicles

Duty Officers Cars (DOCS):

• Level 2 [FISU] (SM): WS---
• Level 3 (GM) WG---
• Level 4 (AM/BM) WA---
• Level 5 (BM) [DCFO/CFO] WB---

(The "---" represent three numbers which are unique to each officer)

Technical Maintenance Centre (TMC):

• Duty Service Technician (DST): WT---

(The "---" represent three numbers which are unique to each staff member)

Link to ranks

• Fire service in the United Kingdom
• Country Fire Service
• List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty

• Official website
• West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service unofficial website