Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service which covers Leicestershire and Rutland, including the unitary authority of Leicester.

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country England
Counties Leicestershire
 Rutland
Agency overview
Chief Fire OfficerRick Taylor
Facilities and equipment
Stations20
Website
Official website
The Grade-II listed Leicester Central Fire Station (1925-27)

History

The Leicestershire and Rutland Fire Brigade and the separate City of Leicester Fire Brigade were created in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974 the City of Leicester brigade was merged with the Leicestershire and Rutland brigade to form the present fire service.

Since Rutland and the City of Leicester became unitary authorities in the 1990s, the fire authority which administers the service is a joint-board made up of representatives from Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council.[1]

At the meeting of the Combined Fire Authority on 11 February 2015, Richard Chandler, the current Deputy Chief Fire and Rescue Officer, was confirmed as the successor to the retiring Dave Webb, who has been Chief since 2002.[2]

Current senior management team

The current team of Directors and Area Managers[3] (correct as of April 2020)

Chief Fire and Rescue Officer - Rick Taylor
Assistant Chief Fire and Rescue Officer and Director of Service Delivery - Callum Faint
Assistant Chief Fire and Rescue Officer and Director of Service Support - Richard Hall
Area Manager Operational Response - Paul Weston
Area Manager Service Assurance - Mick Grewcock
Area Manager Community Risk - Andy Galway
Area Manager Tri Service Fire Control - Richard Calder
Area Manager - Head of Business Assurance - Adam Stretton
Area Manager - Head of People and Organisational Development - Vacant

Fire stations and appliances
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
FE S18Castle DoningtonWholetime1x WrL 1x WR
FE S19BirstallDay Crewing Plus1x WrL 1x ALP 1x Community Safety Vehicle 1x Fire Bike
FE S20LoughboroughWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x TRV, 1x WrL, 1x WrC*, 1x DIM*, 1x GPV
FE S21Melton MowbrayDay Crewed/Retained1x RP, 1x WrL*
FE S23EasternWholetime1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x GPV
FE S24WesternWholetime1x RP, 1x GPV, 1x FESU
FE S25CoalvilleWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x TRV, 1x WrL, 1x EPU*, 1x GPV 1x FFU
FE S26AshbyRetained1x RP 1x GPV
FE S28ShepshedRetained/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x ICCU*
FE S30CentralWholetime1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV
FE S31WigstonWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ICCU*, 1x GPV
FE S32BillesdonRetained1x RP 1x GPV 1x CRV
FE S33OakhamDay Crewed Plus/Retained1x RP, 1x TRV 1x HRU
FE S34UppinghamRetained/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x ISU* 1x CRV
FE S35KibworthRetained/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WelfU*
FE S36Market HarboroughDay Crewed/Retained1x TRV, 1x WrL, 1x CRV/WR 1x HLU 1x HTV
FE S37LutterworthDay Crewed/Retained*1x WrL 1x TRV 1x GPV
FE S38HinckleyWholetime/Retained1x TRV, 1x WrL,
FE S39Market BosworthRetained1x WrL,
FE S40SouthernWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x RP, 1x PM, 1x IRU*, 1x HRSU, 1x LiRU, 1x GPV, 1x IrbT, 1x SDU, 4x PM+5x USAR Pods

Fire appliance glossary and call signs
  • Rescue Pump Ladder (RP): P1/P2
  • Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P2
  • Tactical Response Vehicle (TRV): P3
  • Fire Fogging Unit (FFU): W1
  • Water Carrier (WrC): W1
  • Hose Layer Unit (HLU): W2
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
  • Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H1
  • Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S1
  • Incident Support Unit (ISU): S1
  • Welfare Unit (WelfU): S1
  • General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T2
  • Co-Responder Vehicle (CRV): T1
  • hydrant Testing Vehicle (HTV)

Specialist Rescue Team:

  • Heavy Rescue Unit (HRU) R1
  • Heavy Rescue Support Unit (HRSU): R1
  • Rope Rescue Unit (LiRU): R2
  • General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
  • Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT): B1
  • Water Rescue 4x4 (WR) : R2

Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):

  • Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): R9
  • Personnel Carrier (PC): T5
  • Prime Mover (PM): T6/T7/T8/T9

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

CBRN Response:

  • Detection, Identification & Monitoring (DIM): H8
  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9
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See also

References
  1. Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority Archived 2007-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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