Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country	England
County	Cumbria
Agency overview
Established	1974 (1974)
Chief Fire Officer	Paul Hancock
Facilities and equipment
Stations	38
Website
Official website

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Cumbria, England. Of the 38 fire stations, there are six wholetime (Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Kendal, Whitehaven, Workington and Penrith) and 32 retained. Since 2012 the headquarters are at Penrith next to the headquarters of Cumbria Constabulary.

History

The recent history of Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service really starts in 1947 when the fire service as we know it today was formed. Prior to that there was the National Fire Service and before that there were various independent services run by volunteers in villages, towns and cities throughout the country. Cumbria Fire Service was formed in 1974 after local government was reorganised. It took in Cumberland Fire Service, Westmorland Fire Service, Carlisle and Barrow Fire Services and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Cumbria is the second largest county in the UK. In 2005, the service changed its name to Cumbria Fire & Rescue service to reflect the new responsibilities it now has.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service has split Cumbria into three areas, each containing two of the county's districts, they are:

Allerdale & Copeland Area

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
C03	Aspatria	Retained	1x WrL
C41	Bootle	Retained	1x DrP
C04	Cockermouth	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x WelfU*
C05	Egremont	Retained	1x WrL
C06	Frizington	Retained	1x WrL
C07	Keswick	Retained	1x DrP, 1x L4P
C08	Maryport	Retained	2x WrL
C09	Seascale	Retained	1x WrL
C10	Silloth	Retained	1x WrL, 1X L4P
C02	Whitehaven	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x WFU*
C01	Workington	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x MRV

Barrow & South Lakeland Area

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
C61	Ambleside	Retained	1x DrP, 1x L4P
C63	Arnside	Retained	1x WrL
C40	Barrow-In-Furness	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x MRV, 1x GPV, 1x IRU*
C42	Broughton-In-Furness	Retained	1x WrL
C43	Coniston	Retained	1x DrP
C45	Grange-Over-Sands	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
C60	Kendal	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x MRV, 1x GPV, 1x PM* for 1x HVP, 1x HVHL
C64	Kirby Lonsdale	Retained	1x WrL
C46	Millom	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
C66	Milnthorpe	Retained	1x WrL
C67	Sedbergh	Retained	1x DrP, 1x L4P
C69	Staveley	Retained	1x WrL
C47	Ulverston	Retained	2x WrL
C48	Walney Island	Retained	1x WrL
C70	Windermere	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P

Carlisle & Eden Area

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
C22	Alston	Retained	1x WrL
C62	Appleby	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
C23	Brampton	Retained	1x WrL
C20	Carlisle East	Wholetime	1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x MRV
C21	Carlisle West	Wholetime	1x WrL
C65	Kirby Stephen	Retained	1x WrL
C24	Lazonby	Retained	1x DrP
C25	Longtown	Retained	1x WrL
C26	Patterdale	Retained	1x DrP
C27	Penrith	Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x MRV, 1x CCU, 1x PM+EPU
C68	Shap	Retained	1x DrP
C11	Wigton	Retained	1x WrL

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Water Rescue Ladder (WrL): P1/P2
Duel Role Pump (DrP): P1
Light 4x4 Pump (L4P): L1
Water Carrier/Driver Training (WrC): W1
Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
Command & Control Unit (CCU): C1
Wildfire Unit (WFU): M1
Major Rescue Unit (MRV): R1
Welfare Unit (WelfU): S8
General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
Prime Mover (PM): T8/T9

Pods:

Environmental Protection Unit (EPU)
High Volume Pump (HVP)
High Volume Hose Layer (HVHL)

CBRN Response:

Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

Incidents of note

8 January 2005 - Carlisle and North Cumbria Floods,^[1] the worst flooding in living memory caused massive disruption and damage across the county. More than 3,000 properties were affected, 60,000 homes were without power and some areas of Carlisle were under 7 ft (2.1 m) of water.^[2]
5 November 2006 - Over 100 firefighters from across South Cumbria fought a major fire which eventually destroyed two of Barrow's largest superstores (MFI and Allied Carpets).^[3]
2 January 2008 - Dozens of firefighters fight a large blaze in Barrow's Matalan store, just next door to a construction site where MFI once stood.^[4]
December 2009 - Dozens of firefighters fight a large blaze in Penrith's Morrisons Supermarket, which resulted in a complete rebuild of the store.

References

External links

Official Website

Fire services in the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies

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Scotland	Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Wales	Mid & West Wales North Wales South Wales

Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Crown Dependencies	Jersey Fire and Rescue Service Guernsey Fire and Rescue Service Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service

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