Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service

The Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory local authority fire and rescue service covering the Isles of Scilly off the coast of the South West of England. It is the smallest fire and rescue service in the United Kingdom and the only one to be staffed entirely by retained firefighters.[1]

Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country England
CountyIsles of Scilly
Agency overview
Employees43 (2019)
Chief Fire OfficerAisling Khan
Facilities and equipment
Stations5
Website
Official website

The service shares management, and cooperates closely with the airport rescue and fire fighting service (St Mary's Airport RFFS) on St Mary's, which is the only other fire service on the Isles of Scilly.[2]

Fire Stations and Appliances

Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
1 St. Mary'sRetainedR1 - water tender
R2 - Toyota Hi Lux Small Response Vehicle
GPV - support van
F/WrC - Foam/Water carrier trailer
3 St AgnesRetainedR3 - tractor & pumping trailer
4 BryherRetainedR4 - tractor & pumping trailer
5 TrescoRetainedR5 - Midi 4x4 response vehicle
6 St Martin'sRetainedR6 - tractor & pumping trailer

St Mary's Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Service
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
St Mary's AirportDay MannedF1 - Carmichael Mercedes 1124 foam tender
F2 - Carmichael Mark 10 foam tender (ex RAF)

Personnel


The fire service has 42 on-call firefighters in the ranks of Firefighter, Crew Manager, Watch Manager, and Station Manager. The single Station Manager post (previously shared with the airport fire service) is currently vacant and under review.[3]

The service is led by a Chief Fire Executive. Until 2017 this was a uniformed role, with the rank of Chief Fire Officer, but the position is now a non-uniformed appointment, held by the deputy chief executive of the Council of the Scilly Isles. This council officer is also responsible for the airport fire service.[3]

The fire service also has non-operational support staff (currently one appointment).

Inspections

The fire service has a responsibility for domestic and commercial inspections of premises for fire safety. It carries out these inspections on the smaller islands, but contracts them on the main island (St Mary's), where domestic inspections are carried out by the full-time firefighters of the airport fire service, and commercial premises inspections are carried out by Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.[3]

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See also

References
  1. "Fire prevention". Council of the Isles of Scilly. Archived from the original on 2006-10-06.
  2. "Airport fire and rescue service". Council of the Isles of Scilly. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. "An inspection of Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service" (PDF). Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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