Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

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Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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"passionate about changing and saving lives"
Operational area
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Country Flag of England.svg  England
County County Flag of Wiltshire.svg  Wiltshire and Flag of Dorset.svg  Dorset
AddressDorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre, Hulse Road, Salisbury, SP1 3NR
Agency overview
Established1 April 2016 (1 April 2016)
Annual budget£54.8 million (2016)
Fire chief Ben Ansell
Facilities and equipment
Stations 50
Website
www.dwfire.org.uk

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is a statutory emergency fire and rescue service covering the local authority areas of Bournemouth, Dorset, Poole, Swindon, and Wiltshire. [1]

Statute Formal written document that creates law

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The service was created on 1 April 2016 by the merger of Dorset Fire and Rescue Service and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. [1] Its headquarters is at Salisbury, Wiltshire, some 10 miles (16 km) from the Dorset county boundary. The former headquarters at Poundbury, Dorset, and Potterne, Wiltshire, are retained as area offices; [2] emergency calls for the combined area have been answered by a control centre at Potterne since August 2015. [3]

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service is the former statutory Fire and Rescue Service for the area of Dorset, South West England. The Service Headquarters were located in Colliton Park, Dorchester, but as of October 2008 moved to a new purpose built location in Poundbury.

Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service

Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England between 1948 and 2016.

Poundbury model village in Dorset

Poundbury is an experimental new town or urban extension on the outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is built on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. It is built according to the principles of Charles, Prince of Wales, who is known for holding strong views challenging the post-war trends in town planning that were suburban in character. Since starting in 1993, the town has received both criticism and praise from architects and design critics.

Provision of the service is by the Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority, which has 18 elected members from all five constituent councils and is chaired by Dorset county councillor Spencer Flower. [4]

In September 2016 Ben Ansell was appointed as the Service’s second Chief Fire Officer, succeeding Darran Gunter with effect from December 2016. [5]

Stations

LocationTypeAppliances
Amesbury Day duty hub and on-callTwo fire engines, Water/animal rescue
Beaminster On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, 4×4 Land Rover pump, 4×4 Co-responding vehicle
Bere Regis On-callOne fire engine, 4×4 Land Rover pump
Blandford On CallOne fire engine, one fire engine with heavy rescue capability, 4×4 Land Rover pump
Bradford-On-Avon On-call and co-responderOne fire engine
Bridport On-callOne fire engine, one fire engine (with off road, wading team and CAFS capability), Water carrier, Mass decontamination re-robe unit (national resilience appliance)
Calne On-callOne fire engine
Charmouth On-callOne fire engine, Fuel bowser
Chippenham Day crewed and on-callTwo fire engines, Water/rope rescue, rescue boat
Christchurch Wholetime and on-callOne fire engine, one fire engine (with off road, wading team and CAFS capability), Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU), High Volume Pump (national resilience appliance), 4×4 Land Rover pump, Water carrier
Corsham On-callTwo fire engines
Cranborne On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover pump
Cricklade On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, Mass decontamination disrobe unit (national resilience appliance)
Devizes Day duty hub and on-callTwo fire engines, Incident command vehicle
Dorchester On-callOne fire engine, one fire engine with heavy rescue capability
Ferndown Weekday crewed and on-callOne fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover Pump, Welfare Unit
Gillingham On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, Environmental Support Unit
Hamworthy On-callOne fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover Pump, Command Support Unit
Ludgershall On-call and co-responderOne fire engine,
Lyme Regis On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, 4x4 Co-responding vehicle
Maiden Newton On-callOne fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover Pump, Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU)
Malmesbury On-call and co-responderOne fire engine
Marlborough Day duty hub and on-callTwo fire engines
Melksham On-callOne fire engine
Mere On-call and co-responderOne fire engine
Pewsey On-callOne fire engine, Water carrier
Poole Wholetime and on-callTwo fire engines, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), Water carrier, Incident Support Unit, Animal Rescue, Water/rope rescue, Mass decontamination disrobe unit (national resilience appliance)
Portland On-callTwo fire engines
Ramsbury On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, Water carrier
Redhill Park WholetimeOne fire engine
Royal Wootton Bassett On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, Water carrier
Salisbury Wholetime and on-callTwo fire engines, Aerial appliance, Operational support unit
Shaftesbury On-callOne fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability)
Sherborne On-callTwo fire engines
Springbourne WholetimeOne fire engine, British Red Cross emergency response unit
Stratton Wholetime and on-callTwo fire engines, Incident command vehicle, Specialist water and animal rescue
Sturminster Newton On-callOne fire engine, one fire engine (with off road, wading team and CAFS capability)
Swanage On-call and co-responderOne fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), 4×4 Land Rover pump
Swindon Wholetime and on-callTwo fire engines, Aerial appliance, Operational support unit, British Red Cross emergency response unit
Tisbury On-call and co-responderOne fire engine
Trowbridge Day crewed and on-callTwo fire engines, Heavy rescue unit, Specialist water and rope rescue
Verwood On-callOne fire engine, 4×4 Land Rover pump
Wareham On-callTwo fire engines, Unimog 4×4 water/foam carrier
Warminster On-callTwo fire engines, Mass decontamination rerobe unit (national resilience appliance)
Westbourne WholetimeOne fire engine, Aerial ladder platform
Westbury On-callOne fire engine, 4x4 Land Rover pump
Westlea, SwindonDay crewedOne fire engine, Incident Response Unit (national resilience appliance)
Weymouth WholetimeOne fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), Aerial ladder platform, Water/rope rescue
Wilton On-callOne fire engine, water carrier
Wimborne On-callOne fire engine, one fire engine (with off road and CAFS capability), 4×4 Land Rover pump

Other facilities

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". dwfire.org.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Phillips, Alison (30 March 2016). "Wiltshire Fire Service flag lowered for last time". Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Moore, Joanne (9 September 2015). "New joint control centre for Wiltshire and Dorset fire services opens". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Kemble, Elizabeth (2 April 2016). "New chairman is elected for combined fire authority". Salisbury Journal. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Moore, Joanne (15 September 2016). "Service names new fire chief". Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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