| Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service | |
 Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service area |
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| Area | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Size | 1,230 km² |
| Population | 576 800 |
| Operations | |
| Formed | 1st April 1997 |
| HQ | Kempston |
| Staff | 600 |
| Stations | 14 |
| Co-responder | No |
| Chief Fire Officer | Paul Fuller |
| Website | Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service |
| Fire authority | Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority |
Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Bedfordshire and the unitary authority of Luton.
The Service was formed on 1 April 1997, following the creation of a separate unitary authority of Luton.
The county's control room is due to move into a regional control centre in Cambridge in 2011 as part of the FiReControl project.[1]
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Fire stations
Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service operates 14 fire stations, of which five are crewed day and night (wholetime), two day crewed (Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00) and the remainder are crewed by retained firefighters who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call-out.[2]
Wholetime
- Dunstable (Two Rescue Pumps)
- Luton (Two Rescue Pumps, Aerial Ladder Platform)
- Stopsley (Rescue Pump, Emergency Support Unit, Incident Response Unit)
Wholetime / Retained
- Bedford (Two Rescue Pumps, Aerial Ladder Platform, Operation Support Unit, Rescue Boat)
- Kempston (Two Rescue Pumps, Specialist Rescue Unit, Water Foam Carrer)
Day Crewed
- Leighton Buzzard (Two Rescue Pumps, Water Foam Carrier)
- Toddington (Rescue Pump, Water Tender Ladder, Multi Role Vehicle, Incident Command Unit)
Retained
- Ampthill (Rescue Pump, Water Tender)
- Biggleswade (Two Rescue Pumps)
- Harrold (Rescue Pump)
- Potton (Rescue Pump, Catering Van)
- Sandy (Rescue Pump, Light 4x4 Pump)
- Shefford (Rescue Pump, Multi Role Vehicle)
- Woburn (Rescue Pump, Multi Role Vehicle)
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See also
References
- ^ "East of England - Fire and resilience". Department for Communities and Local Government. http://www.communities.gov.uk/fire/resilienceresponse/firecontrol/regions/eastengland/. Retrieved on 7 July 2009.
- ^ "About Us". Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service. http://www.bedsfire.com/AboutUs/Pages/default.aspx. Retrieved on 7 July 2009.
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