| Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) | |
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 Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) area |
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| Coverage | |
| Area | Berkshire |
| Size | 1,262 km2 (487 sq mi) 700,000 households. |
| Population | 812,200 |
| Operations | |
| HQ | Tilehurst, Ready |
| Stations | 19 |
| Co-responder | 1 Station |
| Chief Fire Officer | Iain Cox |
| Website | Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Fire authority | Royal Berkshire Fire Authority |
The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is a statutory fire and rescue service covering the area of the ceremonial county of Berkshire in England. The fire service was formerly administered by Berkshire County Council, but when that was abolished the service became the responsibility of the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority, made up of representatives from the six unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest Borough Council, Reading Borough Council, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough Borough Council, West Berkshire Council, and Wokingham Borough Council.
The service's headquarters are located in Dee Road, in the Reading suburb of Tilehurst. It operates from 19 fire stations across Berkshire.[1][2]
The countys control room move into the regional control centre in Fareham, on the 06/09/10 as part of the FiReControl project.
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Fire Stations
Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service operates 19 fire stations, of which 11 are crewed day and night (wholetime) 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 being received. The breakdown of stations is as follows:
- 7 whole time stations
- 4 whole time/retained stations
- 8 Retained stations
Breakdown of the different areas and locations of each fire station station number: here
Berkshire Wholetime
- 01 Caversham Rd, Reading, 02 Wokingham Rd, Reading, 03 Dee Road, Reading, 13 Windsor, 17 Slough, 18 Langley, 20 Whitley Wood, Reading
Berkshire Wholetime / Retained
- 04 Newbury, 10 Wokingham, 16 Bracknell, 19 Maidenhead
Berkshire Retained
- 05 Hungerford, 06 Lambourn, 07 Pangbourne, 09 Wargrave, 11 Mortimer, 12 Cookham, 14 Ascot, 15 Crowthorne
Note, the station numbers go up to '20'. Sonning used to be 08 but was closed in 2008.
Co-responder Stations
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service works in partnership with the South Central Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical cover to a small part of Berkshire. The only area that has been identified as having a greater need for ambulance cover is Mortimer. The aim of a co-responder team is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an ambulance. Co-responder vehicles are equipped with oxygen and automated external defibrillator (AED) equipment.
See also
References
- ^ "RBFRS Home Page". Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. http://www.rbfrs.co.uk/. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ "RBFRS - About Us". Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. http://www.rbfrs.co.uk/aboutus.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
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