Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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| "passionate about changing and saving lives" | |
| Operational area | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Country |  England |
| County |  Wiltshire and  Dorset |
| Address | Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre, Hulse Road, Salisbury, SP1 3NR |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1 April 2016 (1 April 2016) |
| Annual budget | £54.8 million (2016) |
| Fire chief | Ben Ansell |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 50 |
| Website | |
| www.dwfire.org.uk | |
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is an statutory emergency fire and rescue service covering the local authority areas of Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole, Swindon, and Wiltshire.[1]
The service was created on 1 April 2016 by the merger of the Dorset Fire and Rescue Service and the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.[1] Its headquarters is at Salisbury, Wiltshire, some 10 miles (16 km) from the Dorset county boundary. The former headquarters at Poundbury, Dorset, and Potterne, Wiltshire, are retained as area offices;[2] emergency calls for the combined area have been answered by a control centre at Potterne since August 2015.[3]
Provision of the service is by the Dorset and Wiltshire Combined Fire Authority, created in April 2015, which has thirty elected members from all five constituent councils and is chaired by Dorset county councillor Rebecca Knox.[4]
In September 2016 Ben Ansell was appointed as the service's second Chief Fire Officer, succeeding Darran Gunter with effect from December 2016.[5]
Contents
1 Stations
2 Other facilities
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Stations[edit]
| Location | Type | Appliances |
|---|---|---|
Amesbury | Day duty hub and on-call | Two fire engines, Water/animal rescue |
Beaminster | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, 4×4 Land Rover pump, 4×4 Co-responding vehicle |
Bere Regis | On-call | One fire engine, 4×4 Land Rover pump |
Blandford | On Call | One fire engine, one fire engine with heavy rescue capability, 4×4 Land Rover pump |
Bradford-On-Avon | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine |
Bridport | On-call | One fire engine, one fire engine (with off road, wading team and CAFS capability), Water carrier, Mass decontamination re-robe unit (national resilience appliance) |
Calne | On-call | One fire engine |
Charmouth | On-call | One fire engine, Fuel bowser |
Chippenham | Day crewed and on-call | Two fire engines, Water/rope rescue, rescue boat |
Christchurch | Wholetime and on-call | One fire engine, one fire engine (with off road, wading team and CAFS capability), Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU), High Volume Pump (national resilience appliance), 4×4 Land Rover pump, Water carrier |
Corsham | On-call | Two fire engines |
Cranborne | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover pump |
Cricklade | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, Mass decontamination disrobe unit (national resilience appliance) |
Devizes | Day duty hub and on-call | Two fire engines, Incident command vehicle |
Dorchester | On-call | One fire engine, one fire engine with heavy rescue capability |
Ferndown | Weekday crewed and on-call | One fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover Pump, Welfare Unit |
Gillingham | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, Environmental Support Unit |
Hamworthy | On-call | One fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover Pump, Command Support Unit |
Ludgershall | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, |
Lyme Regis | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, 4x4 Co-responding vehicle |
Maiden Newton | On-call | One fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover Pump, Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU) |
Malmesbury | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine |
Marlborough | Day duty hub and on-call | Two fire engines |
Melksham | On-call | One fire engine |
Mere | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine |
Pewsey | On-call | One fire engine, Water carrier |
Poole | Wholetime and on-call | Two fire engines, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), Water carrier, Incident Support Unit, Animal Rescue, Water/rope rescue, Mass decontamination disrobe unit (national resilience appliance) |
Portland | On-call | Two fire engines |
Ramsbury | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, Water carrier |
Redhill Park | Wholetime | One fire engine |
Royal Wootton Bassett | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, Water carrier |
Salisbury | Wholetime and on-call | Two fire engines, Aerial appliance, Operational support unit |
Shaftesbury | On-call | One fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability) |
Sherborne | On-call | Two fire engines |
Springbourne | Wholetime | One fire engine, British Red Cross emergency response unit |
Stratton | Wholetime and on-call | Two fire engines, Incident command vehicle, Specialist water and animal rescue |
Sturminster Newton | On-call | One fire engine, one fire engine (with off road, wading team and CAFS capability) |
Swanage | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), 4×4 Land Rover pump |
Swindon | Wholetime and on-call | Two fire engines, Aerial appliance, Operational support unit, British Red Cross emergency response unit |
Tisbury | On-call and co-responder | One fire engine |
Trowbridge | Day crewed and on-call | Two fire engines, Heavy rescue unit, Specialist water and rope rescue |
Verwood | On-call | One fire engine, 4×4 Land Rover pump |
Wareham | On-call | Two fire engines, Unimog 4×4 water/foam carrier |
Warminster | On-call | Two fire engines, Mass decontamination rerobe unit (national resilience appliance) |
Westbourne | Wholetime | One fire engine, Aerial ladder platform |
Westbury | On-call | One fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover pump |
Westlea, Swindon | Day crewed | One fire engine, Incident Response Unit (national resilience appliance) |
Weymouth | Wholetime | One fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), Aerial ladder platform, Water/rope rescue |
Wilton | On-call | One fire engine, water carrier |
Wimborne | On-call | One fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), 4×4 Land Rover pump |
Other facilities[edit]
- Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters, Salisbury
- Devizes Training Centre
- West Moors Training Centre
- Dorchester Workshops
- Melksham Workshops
See also[edit]
- Fire services in the United Kingdom
- List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty
References[edit]
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^ Phillips, Alison (30 March 2016). "Wiltshire Fire Service flag lowered for last time". Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ Moore, Joanne (9 September 2015). "New joint control centre for Wiltshire and Dorset fire services opens". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ Kemble, Elizabeth (2 April 2016). "New chairman is elected for combined fire authority". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
^ Moore, Joanne (15 September 2016). "Service names new fire chief". Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
External links[edit]
Official website
Categories:
- Fire and rescue services of England
- Organisations based in Wiltshire
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