Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Merseyside in north-west England and is the statutory Fire and Rescue Authority responsible for all 999 fire brigade calls in Sefton, Knowsley, St. Helens, Liverpool and Wirral.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	United Kingdom
Country	England
Agency overview
Established	1974 (1974)
Chief Fire Officer	Phil Garrigan
Facilities and equipment
Divisions	5
Stations	23
Engines	28
Platforms	4
Rescues	SRP, SRU
HAZMAT	DIM, HMEPU, MDD
USAR	3 PM, 5 Pods
Wildland	2
Rescue boats	2
Light and air	1 Pod
Website
Official website

History

In 1974 the merger of the following borough Fire Brigades: City of Liverpool, Birkenhead, Bootle, Southport, St Helens, and Wallasey. As well as parts of Lancashire County Fire Brigade and Cheshire County Fire Brigade to create Merseyside Fire Brigade.

Merseyside Fire Brigade became Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority on 1 April 1986 as established by the Local Government Act 1985.[1]

In an effort to modernise the Fire service the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004[2] received Royal Assent on 22 July 2004.[3] This legislation changed the name to Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority. The change of name also reflects the fact that the service, in addition to fighting fire, conducts rescues such as RTC's and is heavily involved in prevention work in communities.

Although most of their fire engines have sirens fitted, Merseyside Fire & Rescue is notable for being the only fire service in England to primarily adopt the use of two tone horns on their way to incidents

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority Headquarters is located on Bridle Road, Bootle

Since 2013 the MACC relocated from Derby Road, Kirkdale to a purpose built joint control centre with Merseyside Police which is also located at the Bridle Road site.

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority is made up of 5 Area Commands as follows: Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, and St Helens. Within these areas are:

• 14x Wholetime Stations
• 4x (LLAR) Low Level Activity & Risk (Day Cover 10:00 – 22:00, Stand Down 22:00 – 10:00)
• 1x Wholetime Marine Rescue Station
• 2x Wholetime/Day Crewed Station (30 Min Resilience)
• 1x Resilience Station (30 Min Resilience)

Which provides Merseyside with 24hr fire cover.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
M10	Kirkdale	Wholetime	1x RP, 1x CPL, 1x Rehab, 4x PM, pods: 1× AP-BASU, 1x BFU, 1x DCU, 1x HMEPU, 1x HLU, 1x ICU, 1x LPPU, 1x MDD, 1x MTFU, 1x WelfU
M11	Liverpool City	Wholetime/Day Crewed/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x RP, 1x DIM
M12	Kensington	Day Manned	2x RP
M14	Speke and Garston	Wholetime	1x RP, pods: 1x AP-BFU
M15	Toxteth	Wholetime	1x RP
M16	Old Swan	Wholetime	1x RP
M17	Belle Vale	LLAR/Jump Manned*	1x RP, 1x HVPSU*,1x PM+HVP*, 1PM×HLRU*
M18	Aintree	Day Manned	1x RP
M19	Croxteth	Wholetime	1x RP, 1x SRP, 1x PM+SRU, 1x PM+Hcft
M19	Urban Search & Rescue	Wholetime/Retained	1x K9U, 3x PM, Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
M20	Birkenhead	Wholetime	1x RP
M21	Bromborough	Wholetime	1x RP
M22	Heswall	LLAR	1x RP 1× L4P
M25	Wallasey	Wholetime/Day Crewed/ Retained*	1x WrL, 2x RP
M26	Saughall Massie	Wholetime	1x RP
M30	Bootle and Netherton	Wholetime	1x RP
M31	Crosby	Day Crewed/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL
M32	Formby	LLAR	1x RP, 1× L4P
M33	Southport	Wholetime/Jump Manned*	2x WrL, 1x CPL*
M42	Kirkby	Wholetime	1x WrL
M43	Prescot	Wholetime	1x RP
M50	St. Helens	Wholetime / Jump Manned*	1x RP, 1x CPL*
M51	Newton-Le-Willows	LLAR	1x RP
M52	Eccleston	Day Manned	1x RP
M81	River Mersey	Wholetime	2x IRB

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

• Rescue Pump (RP): M10P1, M11P2, M12P1, M14P1, M15P1, M16P1, M17P1, M18P1, M19P1, M20P1, M21P1, M22P1, M25P2, M26P1, M30P1, M31P1, M32P1, M43P1, M50P1, M51P1, M52P1
• Water Ladder (WrL): M11P1, M11P3, M25P1, M31P2, M33P1, M33P2, M42P1
• Light 4x4 Pump (L4P): M22L1, M32L1
• Combined Platform Ladder (CPL): M10A1, M25A1, M33A1, M50A1
• The Rehab Unit (TRU): M10S2
• Prime Mover (PM): M10T1, M10T2, M10T3

Pods:

• Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU): MN801
• AP - Bulk Foam Unit (AP-BFU): MN811, MN812
• Bulk Foam Unit (BFU): MN815
• Damage Control Unit (DCU): MN821
• Hazardous Materials & Environmental Protection Unit (HMEPU): MN501
• Hose Layer Unit (HLU): MN903
• Incident Command and Control Unit (ICCU): MN301
• Light Portable Pump Unit (LPPU): MN601
• Marine and Tunnel Firefighting Unit (MTFU): MN851
• Welfare Unit (WelfU): MN832

Search & Rescue Team

• Search & Rescue Pump (SRP): M19R2
• Search & Rescue Unit (PM+SRU): M19T1 / MN701
• Prime Mover + Hovercraft (PM+Hcft): M19B3

Marine Rescue Unit

• Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT): M81B1 & M81B2

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)

• Search & Rescue Dog Unit (K9U): M19R9
• Prime Mover (PM): M19T7, M19T8, M19T9

Pods:

• Module 1 – Technical Search Equipment: MN791
• Module 2 – Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting Equipment: MN782
• Module 3 – Breaching & Breaking Equipment: MN773
• Module 4 – Multi Purpose Vehicle: MN764
• Module 5 – Shoring Operations: MN755

New Dimensions

• Detection, Identification and Monitoring Unit (DIM): M11H8
• Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): M10T9 / MN591
• High Volume Pump Support Unit (HVPSU): M17S9
• Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): M17T8 / MN991
• Prime Mover + Hose Layer Retrieval Unit (PM+HLRU): M17T9 / MN981

See also

• Fire Service in the UK
• List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty
• Liverpool Salvage Corps
• Motorcycles in the United Kingdom fire services

References

1. "Local Government Act 1985". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
2. "Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
3. "The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 – Chapter 21". firesafe.org.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

External links

• Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service – Official website