Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service

Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
Counties	Herefordshire Worcestershire
Agency overview
Established	1974 (1974)
Employees	332
Chief Fire Officer	Mark Yates
Facilities and equipment
Stations	27
Engines	41
Platforms	2
Rescues	1
USAR	5 modules
Rescue boats	4
Website
Official website

The Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Herefordshire and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region of England.

The service was created in 1974 when Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to create the county of Hereford and Worcester. The two counties were split up again in 1998 but the fire service remained, and is now run by a joint fire authority.

The Service covers an area of 3,908.59 km² with a population of 714,100. The service has 332 wholetime operational staff, 369 retained (part-time) staff, 21 Fire Control staff, as well as about 98 non-uniformed support staff. The busiest areas of Hereford and Worcester fire & rescue is Worcester and Redditch both averaging roughly 1500 call outs a year the Least busiest areas are Broadway and Fownhope averaging between 20-40 call outs a year neighbouring fire services include: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Mid and West Wales, South Wales and the West Midlands.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
Urban Search & Rescue (Droitwitch)	Retained	1x SWRU+IrbT, 1x PCV, 1x SDU, 3x PM for 5x USAR Pods
Worcester	Wholetime/Day Crew +/Retained	2x WrT, 1x RP, 1x ALP, 1x SWRU+IrbT
Stourport-On-Severn	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrT, 1x EPU*
Bewdley	Retained	1x WrT, 1x L4V+ATV
Kidderminster	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrT, 1x RP, 1x PM+HVP*, 1x PM+HVHL*
Bromsgrove	Day Crew + /Retained	1x WrT, 1x RP,
Droitwich Spa	Day Crewed/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrT, 1x UHRP, 1x ISU, 2x YFT
Reddich	Wholetime/Retained	1x WRT, 1x RP, 1x CRP, 1x YFT
Evesham	Day Crewed/Retained	1x WrT, 1x RP, 1x WrC, 1x SWRU+IrbT
Pebworth	Retained	1x WrT
Broadway	Retained	1x RP
Pershore	Retained	1x WrT
Upton-Upon-Severn	Retained	1x CRP
Malvern	Day Crewed/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrT, 1x RP, 1x L4V+ATV, 1x LiRU*, 1x CSU*
Ledbury	Retained	1x RP, 1x WrC
Fownhope	Retained	1x WrT
Ross-On-Wye	Retained	1x WrT, 1x RP
Whitchurch	Retained	1x RP, 1x RAV
Hereford	Wholetime/Day Crew +/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrT, 1x UHRP, 1x ALP, 1x SWRU+IrbT, 1x IRU
Ewyas Herald	Retained	1x RP
Eardisley	Retained	1x WrT
Kington	Retained	1x RP
Leintwardine	Retained	1x RP
Kingsland	Retained	1x WrT
Leominster	Retained	1x WrT, 1x RP,
Tenbury Wells	Retained	1x RP, 1x WRC
Bromyard	Retained	1x WrT, 1x RP
Peterchurch	Retained	1x RP, 1x RAV

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

• Water Tender (WrT): 1/3
• Rescue Pump (RP): 2
• Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS) Rescue Pump (CRP) 2/3
• Ultra Heavy Rescue Pump (UHRP): 2
• Restricted Access Vehicle (RAV): 5
• Young Firefighters Tender (YFT)
• Water Carrier (WrC): 7
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): 6
• Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): 5
• Light 4x4 Vehicle + All Terrain vehicle (L4V+ATV): 4/5
• Swift Water Rescue Unit + Inshore Rescue Boat (SWRU+IrbT): 5
• Command Support Unit (CSU): 8
• Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): 8
• Incident Support Unit (ISU): 8
• Incident Response Unit (IRU) 8
• Line Rescue Unit (LiRU): 8
• Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): M10
• Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL): P10

CBRN Response:

Incident Response Unit (IRU): IR22

Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):

• Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): S136
• Personnel Carrier Vehicle (PCV): S138
• Prime Mover (PM): M54/M55/M56

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

External links

• Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service Official Website