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Encyclopedia > West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service area
Coverage
Area West Yorkshire
Size 800 miles²
Population 2,000,000
Operations
Formed 1974
HQ Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire
Staff 1,915
Stations 48
Chief Fire Officer Phil Toase
Website West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Authority West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

The West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England. It is administered by a joint authority of 22 people who are appointed annually from the five Metropolitan Boroughs of West Yorkshire, known as the "Fire and Rescue Authority". Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Birkenshaw is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... A fire station is a building or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus i. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Statute of Grand Duchy of Lithuania 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. ... A fire engine belonging to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service The fire service in the United Kingdom has undergone dramatic changes since the beginning of the 21st century, a process that has been propelled by a devolution of central government powers, new legislation and a change to operational... The six metropolitan counties shown within England The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level subnational entity in current use in England. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... A Metropolitan Borough (or Metropolitan District) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties. ...


West Yorkshire covers an area of approximately 800 square miles which includes remote moorland, rural villages, large towns and cities as well as Leeds Bradford International Airport. [1] The fire and rescue service's headquarters is located at Oakroyd Hall, Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire. Leeds Bradford International Airport (IATA: LBA, ICAO: EGNM) is located between the cities of Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. ... Birkenshaw is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ...

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Fire stations

West Yorkshire has a total of 48 fire stations, of these:

  • Thirty-two are whole-time shift fire stations crewed 24/7
  • Two are day-crewed stations, crewed during the day but with retained part-time staff at night
  • Fourteen are retained part-time stations

24/7 is an abbreviation which stands for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays and days otherwise that may alter limitations of work. ...

Full time

Statistics Population: 443,247 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE297338 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Leeds Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service... Cookridge is an outer suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Garforth is a town at the eastern edge of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. ... Oak Tree Drive, Gipton, West Yorkshire. ... Hunslet is a working class area of inner-city south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Moortown is a suburb in north Leeds, which can be accessed from Harrogate Road or the ring road. ... Morleys Coat of Arms Morley is a town in the county of Yorkshire (since 1974, West Yorkshire), England, in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds and is situated five miles south-west of Leeds City Centre. ... Wetherby is an historic market town in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... Stanningley is a district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Statistics Population: 293,717 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE165325 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Bradford Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Fire and rescue... Statistics Population: 49,453 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE058412 Administration District: City of Bradford Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... Odsal is 2 miles outside of the village of Wibsey, West Yorkshire, England. ... Rawdon is a small town in Yorkshire located within the Leeds Metropolitan boundary. ... Shipley is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, north of Bradford and close to Saltaire. ... Statistics Population: 146,234 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE145165 Administration District: Kirklees Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... Brighouse Coat of Arms Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England,The 2001 census gave the towns population as 32,198. ... Cleckheaton is a town in Yorkshire, England, situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse and west of Batley. ... Elland is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax, England, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. ... This article is about the English town - see Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia for the city in Canada, and Halifax for everywhere else Statistics Population: 82,056 [1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE335205 Administration District: Calderdale Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign... Statistics Population: 79,885 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE335205 Administration Metropolitan Borough: City of Wakefield Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and... Batley is a small town in Kirklees Metropolitan Borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... Arms of the former Castleford Borough Council Castleford is one of the five towns in the Wakefield borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near to Pontefract, with a population of 37,525 according to the 2001. ... Statistics Population: 54,341 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE245225 Administration District: Kirklees Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: Yorkshire... Badge of Ossett town. ... Pontefract Castle in its heyday Pontefract (from the Latin for Broken Bridge) is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 (or Great North Road), the M62 motorway, and Castleford. ... Rothwell is an area of south east Leeds, situated between Oulton to the east, Belle Isle to the west, Woodlesford to the north east and Robin Hood to the south west. ... South Elmsall is a large village to the east of Hemsworth in the City of Wakefield distict of Yorkshire. ...

Day crewed

Knottingley is a town in the metropolitan district of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the A1 road. ... Todmorden c. ...

Retained

Haworth, Main Street Haworth, Main Street For alternate meanings see Haworth (disambiguation) Haworth is a small village and tourist attraction, in the English county of West Yorkshire, best known for its association with the Brontë sisters. ... Ilkley is a town in the metropolitan borough of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. ... Otley is a town in northern England by the River Wharfe. ... Silsden is a town in West Yorkshire, England. ... Holmfirth is a picturesque small, rural, town located in the Holme Valley in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England. ... Map sources for Marsden, West Yorkshire at grid reference SE048116 Marsden is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 7 miles west of Huddersfield, and on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, close to the Standedge Tunnel. ... Meltham is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Slaithwaite. ... Statistics Population: 4,200 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE012260 Administration District: Calderdale Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Ambulance service: Yorkshire Post office and telephone Post town: HEBDEN... Skelmanthorpe is a village in West Yorkshire, England. ... Slaithwaite (pronounced Slathwait or Slawit but never Slaythwait) is a small town in the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire, England, near Huddersfield, on the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Hemsworth is a small town on the edge of West Yorkshire in the Wakefield district. ... Mirfield is a town in West Yorkshire, England, near Dewsbury. ... Normanton is a town in West Yorkshire, England, lying north east of Wakefield and south west of Castleford. ...

See also

A fire engine belonging to the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service The fire service in the United Kingdom has undergone dramatic changes since the beginning of the 21st century, a process that has been propelled by a devolution of central government powers, new legislation and a change to operational...

References

  1. ^ About Us, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service Website. URL accessed December 11, 2006.

External link

  • Official website
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Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom

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