Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service

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Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country  England
County  Isle of Wight
Agency overview
Employees 242
Chief Fire Officer Steve Apter
Facilities and equipment
Stations 10
Website
Official website

Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England.

In March 2007, the Isle of Wight Council voted to maintain the independence of the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue service, instead of a merger with the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.[1]

Later in February 2009, plans were announced for a three-year £8 million replacement programme changing part-time stations to full-time. The move would be done in an attempt to reduce response times to 999 alerts. It could see Ryde's fire station change to full-time, and possibly Sandown's, but part-time stations would continue to operate as normal in rural areas. The extra investment would also minimise chances of a future merger with the rest of Hampshire.[2]

On a recent[when?] assessment by a government watchdog, the service was found to be performing well, getting a three star rating out of four. This has been part of steady improvements in recent years[when?] after the 2006 when the service was judged as two-star. In 2005 the service was one of the few in the country to be rated as poor by the commission.[3]

Fire Stations/Appliances

The Isle of Wight has a total of ten fire stations, one wholetime/retained, one day crew/retained and eight solely retained.[4]

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
T01 Newport Wholetime/Retained 2x WrL, 1x HRT,1x WRU, 1x ALP, 1x PM+HVP, 1x ICCU, 2x GPV, 1x CRV
T02 Cowes Retained 1x WrL
T03 East Cowes Retained 1x WrL, 1x FST
T04 Ryde Day Crewed/Retained 2x WrL, 1x TL, 2x L4V, 1x GPV, 1x BASU, 1x PM+MDU
T05 Bembridge Retained 1x WrL
T06 Sandown Retained 1x WrL
T07 Shanklin Retained 1x WrL
T08 Ventnor Retained 1x WrL, 1x WrC
T09 Freshwater Retained 1x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x CRV
T10 Yarmouth Retained 1x WrL, 1x CRV

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

  • Water Rescue Ladder (WrL): P1/P2
  • Heavy Rescue Tender (RT): R1
  • Water Rescue Unit (WRU): R2
  • Turntable Ladder (TL): A1
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
  • Prime Mover (PM) + High Volume Pump (HVP): T9
  • Water Carrier (WrC): W1
  • Foam Salvage Tender (FST): S1
  • Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
  • Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): T1/T2
  • Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU) S1
  • Co-Responder Vehicle (CRV): V1
  • General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): S1/S2

CBRN Response:

  • Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Unit (PM+MDU): T8

References

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