South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area

Country	Wales
Region	South Wales
Agency overview
Established	1996 (1996)
Employees	1000
Chief Fire Officer	Huw Jakeway
Facilities and equipment
Stations	52
Website
Official website

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the ten Welsh principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.

SWFRS was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the previous fire brigades of Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and Gwent. It covers an area of around 1,000 square miles (3,000 km²) with a population of around 1.4 million.^[1]

The fire authority which runs the service is a joint-board made up of councillors from the ten principal areas covered by the service.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances	Appliance Callsigns
S01	Bridgend	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x HRT, 1x L4P, 1x TRU, 1x FltbdU*	WS01P1, WS01P2, WS01L8, WS01R3, WS01T3
S02	Porthcawl	Retained	1x WrL	WS02P1
S03	Kenfig Hill	Retained	1x WrL	WS03P1
S04	Cowbridge	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P	WS04P1, WS04L8
S05	Pencoed	Retained	1x WrL	WS05P1
S06	Ogmore Vale	Retained	1x WrL	WS06P1
S07	Pontycymmer	Retained	1x WrL	WS07P1
S08	Maesteg	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x WrC*	WS08P1, WS08P2, WS08L8, WS08W7
S09	Treorchy	Retained	1x WrL	WS09P1
S10	Tonypandy	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV, 1x BASU, 1x WelU	WS10P1, WS10P2, WS10L8, WS10T1, WS10S1, WS10S2
S11	Ferndale	Retained	1x WrL	WS11P1
S13	Gilfach Goch	Retained	1xWrL	WS13P1
S14	Pontyclun	Retained/Training School	1x WrL	WS14P1
S15	Pontypridd	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x WrC*, 1x HRT	WS15P1, WS15P2, WS15L8, WS15R1
S16	Hirwaun	Retained	1x WrL	WS16P1
S17	Aberdare	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x WrC, 1x PM+HLU, 1x GPV	WS17P1, WS17P2, WS17L8, WS17W7, WS17W2
S18	Abercynon	Retained	1x WrL	WS18P1
S19	Llantwit Major	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x FoT*	WS19P1, WS19S6
S20	Barry	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x WrC*, 1x SRU, 1x GPV, 1xIrbT	WS20P1, WS20P1, WS20W7, WS20T1, WS20R5, WS20B1
S21	Aberbargoed	Wholetime/Retained	2x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x L4P, 1x BASU, 1x TRU	WS21P1, WS21P2, WS21W7, WS21L8, WS21S1, WS21R5
S22	Penarth	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x CIU, 1x WIU+IrbT	WS22P1, WS22H1, WS22B1
S24	Caerphilly	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV, 1x EPU	WS24P1, WS24P2, WS24L8, WS24T1, WS24H2
S25	Treharris	Retained	1x WrL	WS25P1
S26	Merther Tydfil	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x HRT, 1x GPV, 1x IRU	WS26P1, WS26P2, WS26A4, WS24R1, WS24T1, WS24H9
S27	Tredegar	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P	WS27P1, WS27L8
S28	Rhymney	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P	WS28P1, WS28L8
S30	Abercarn	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x CIU*, 1x GPV	WS30P1, WS30L8, WS30H1, WS30T1
S31	Risca	Retained	1x WrL	WS31P1
S32	Cwmbran	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x ICCU, 1x PM+MDU, 1x GPV	WS32P1, WS32C1, WS32T9, WS32T1
S33	New Inn	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x CIU, 1x PM+HVP, 1x GPV	WS33P1, WS33H1, WS33W9, WS33T1
S34	Abersychan	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P	WS34P1, WS34L8
S35	Abertillery	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P	WS35P1, WS35L8
S37	Ebbw Vale	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x HRT, 1x LiRU, 2x WIU+IrbT	WS37P1, WS37R1, WS37R4, WS37B1, WS27B2
S38	Brynmawr	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P	WS38P1, WS38L8
S39	Blaenavon	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P	WS39P1, WS39L8
S40	Abergavenny	Retained	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV	WS40P1, WS40P2, WS40L8, WS40T1
S41	Monmouth	Retained	2x WrL, 1x L4P	WS41P1, WS41P2, WS42L8
S42	Usk	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x PM+HLU	WS42P1, WS42W2
S43	Chepstow	Retained	2x WrL	WS43P1, WS43P2
S44	Caldicot	Retained/Cross Manned*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV	WS44P1, WS44L8, WS44T1
S45	Malpas	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x Wrl, 1x SRU, 1x HRT, 3x PM+5x USAR Pods, 1x GPV, 1x RRIU* 1x WIU+IrbT*	WS45P1, WS45R5, WS45R1, WS45T1, WS45S3, WS45T7, WS45T8, WS45T9, WS45B1
S46	Maindee	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x WrC	WS46P1, WS46A4, WS46W7
S47	Duffryn	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x SRU, 1x GPV, 1x DIM, 1x IRU	WS47P1, WS47R5, WS47T1, WS45H8, WS45H9
S49	Whitchurch	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x FoT, 1x PM+SalU, 1x FltbdU*	WS49P1, WS49L8, WS49S6, WS49S1, WS49T3
S50	Roath	Wholetime	1x WrL	WS50P1
S51	Cardiff Central	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV	WS51P1, WS51P2, WS51A4, WS51T1
S52	Ely	Wholetime	1x WrL, 1x HRT, 1x GPV	WS52P1, WS52R1, WS52T1

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P2
Light 4x4 Pump (L4P): L8
Heavy Rescue Tender (HRT): R1
Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A4
Water Carrier (WrC): W7
Foam Tender (FoT): S6
Prime Mover + Hose Layer Unit (PM+HLU): W2
Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): W9
Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL): W8
Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU): S1
Welfare Unit (WelU): S2
Salvage Unit (SalU): S1
General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
Special Rescue Unit (SRU): R5
Technical Rescue Unit (TRU): R3
Line Rescue Unit (LiRU): R4
Water Incident Unit (WIU) + Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT): B1
Flatbed Unit (FltbdU): T3
Road/Rail Incident Unit (RRIU): S3
Chemical Incident Unit (CIU): H1
Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H2

CBRN Response:

Detection Identification & Monitoring Unit (DIM): H8
Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9
Prime Mover (PM) + Mass Decontamination Unit (MDU): T9

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR):

General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
Prime Mover (PM): 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

References

↑ "Where We Are". South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Retrieved 5 January 2012.

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