Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
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| Operational area | |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| County | Gloucestershire |
| Agency overview | |
| Employees | ~600 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 22 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, England. The service is run by Gloucestershire County Council. The service does not cover the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire which is covered by Avon Fire and Rescue Service.
The service's headquarters are located at the TriService Emergency Centre in Quedgeley, near Gloucester. Also operating from there are Gloucestershire Constabulary and South Western Ambulance Service.
An inspectors report in 2019 rated the service as "inadequate" and had "a culture of bullying and harassment.".
Performance
Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The inspection investigates how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:
Fire stations
The service has 21 fire stations, 16 of which are crewed by retained firefighters; and five which are either wholetime, or a mix of wholetime and retained.
Wholetime fire stations:
- Cheltenham West
- Gloucester South
Wholetime and retained fire stations:
- Cheltenham East
- Gloucester North
- Stroud
Retained fire stations:
- Chipping Camden
- Cinderford
- Cirencester
- Coleford
- Dursley
- Fairford
- Lydney
- Moreton-In-Marsh
- Nailsworth
- Newent
- Northleach
- Stow-On-The-Wold
- Tetbury
- Tewkesbury
- Winchcombe
- Wotton-Under-Edge
Tewkesbury fire station is also home to Severn Area Rescue Association, which has based one of its five River Severn rescue stations there.
Co-responder stations
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service works in partnership with the South West Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical cover to select areas of Gloucestershire. Lydney, Coleford, Newent, Wotton-Under-Edge, Dursley, Chipping Camden, and Tetbury have been identified as having the greatest need for ambulance cover. The aim of a fire service co-responder team is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an Ambulance. Co-responder vehicles are equipped with:
- Defibrillator
- Bag and mask resuscitator
- Oxygen
- Airway suction units
- Standard first aid equipment
See also
References
- ^ "Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue HQ". Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Boobyer, Leigh (17 December 2019). "Changes can be made to Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service after damning Government report". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Gloucestershire 2018/19". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Gloucestershire 2021/22". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRSH). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Our Stations and Locations - Find a Station". Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "SARA Tewkesbury Rescue Station". Severn Area Rescue Association. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ Port, Samuel (10 April 2020). "Gloucestershire firefighters to help with ambulance duties". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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