Surrey Fire & Rescue Service

Surrey Fire & Rescue Service area
Coverage
Area	Surrey
Size	1,663 km²
Population	1,067,200
Operations
Formed	1 April 1948
HQ	Reigate
Officers	1,000+
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Stations	24
Chief Officer	Steve Myers
Website	Surrey Fire and Rescue Service

The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statuory fire & rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 24 fire stations. It is comes unders the administrative and legislative control of Surrey County Council, who fund the service by collecting a precept via council tax, and from central government funds, known as a grant settlement. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2165x2670, 87 KB) Summary Map showing police area. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Reigate is a historic market town in Surrey, England at the foot of the North Downs. ... Image File history File links Surrey-coa. ... A statute is a formal, written law of a country or state, written and enacted by its legislative authority, perhaps to then be ratified by the highest executive in the government, and finally published. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... The Council Tax is the main form of local taxation in England, Scotland and Wales. ...

The Fire and Rescue Service

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service employs approximately 1000 staff and looks after a population of over one million people spread across an area of 1663 square kilometres. The region features several large urban areas such as Guildford, Redhill and Woking; 64 miles of motorway; and is in close proximity to two major airports in London Gatwick and London Heathrow. Statistics Population: 66819 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU9949 Administration District: Guildford Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town... Redhill can refer to several places: Redhill, Somerset, England Redhill, Surrey, England Redhill, Nottinghamshire, England Redhill, Singapore, Singapore Redhill High School, South Africa This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Woking is a large town and local government district with borough status in the west of Surrey in South East England. ... Gatwick Airport (IATA Airport Code: LGW, ICAO Airport Code: EGKK) is Londons second airport and the second largest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA:LHR, ICAO:EGLL), often referred to simply as Heathrow, is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ...

A total of 24 fire stations are strategically sited throughout the County. 17 of these are crewed on a wholetime basis, with fire engine crews available at the fire station 24 hours a day and seven are crewed on a part-time basis (i.e. the crew live and work in the near vicinity and are available on call). Fire Engine in South Bend, Indiana. ... A fire station is a building or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus i. ...

Historically, fire cover has been set to national standards that were defined back in the 1930s.

Fire Stations

Full Time

• Reigate (adjacent to HQ),
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Search and Rescue Tender
• Woking
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder
• Leatherhead (Actually in Fetcham) Full Time.
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Water Carrier
• Epsom
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder
• Dorking (Actually in North Holmwood)
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Water Carrier, 1 x L4T (Landrover), 1 x Environment Protection Unit
• Camberley
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Water Carrier, 1 x L4T (Landrover)
• Painshill (Cobham)
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Incident Command Unit, 1 x Forward Command Vehicle
• Godstone
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Water Carrier, 1 x Incident Response Unit
• Esher (Actually in Hinchley Wood)
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder
• Sunbury-on-Thames
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder
• Staines
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder
• Chertsey
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Aerial Ladder Platform, 1 x Prime Mover
• Egham
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder
• Farnham
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x Water Carrier, 1 L4T (Landrover)

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Variable

• Guildford
  • 3 x Water Tender Ladder
  • 1 x Aerial Ladder Platform
  • 1 x Prime Mover
• Walton on Thames
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder
  • 1x Swift Water Rescue Vehicle
  • 1 x Rigid Inflatable Boat
• Haslemere
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder
  • 1 x L4T (Landrover)

Statistics Population: 66819 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU9949 Administration District: Guildford Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town... Walton-On-Thames is a town in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey in South East England. ... Haslemere is a town in Surrey in southern England, with a population of nearly 14,000. ... Land Rover is a pioneering civilian all-terrain utility vehicle launched on April 30, 1948 at the Amsterdam Motor Show. ...

Retained (Part Time)

• Oxted
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder
• Lingfield
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder
• Gomshall
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder
• Cranleigh
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder
• Godalming
  • 2 x Water Tender Ladder
• Dunsfold
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder, 1 x L4T (Land Rover)
• Chobham
  • 1 x Water Tender Ladder

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See also

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Other Surrey Emergency Services

• Surrey Police
• South East Coast Ambulance Service

Surrey Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the county of Surrey in the south of England. ... As of 1st July the NHS Ambulance Services Trusts of Kent, Surrey and Sussex are being joined together to form a new South East Coast Ambulance Service . ...

External links

• Official website
• Surrey county Council

Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom

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