Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
County	Cambridgeshire
Agency overview
Chief Fire Officer	Chris Strickland
Facilities and equipment
Stations	28
Website
Official website

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority of Peterborough.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service was formed in 1974 from the merger of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Fire Brigade and the Huntingdon and Peterborough Fire Brigade (which had been formed in 1965 from the merger of Huntingdonshire Fire Brigade and the Soke of Peterborough Fire Brigade); all of which had existed since 1948.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's headquarters are in Huntingdon.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service operates 28 fire stations, of which four are crewed day and night (wholetime), three are day-crewed and the remainder are crewed by on-call firefighters who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call being received. The breakdown of stations is as follows:

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
B01	Cambridge	Wholetime	1x RP, 1x MS, 1x RV
B02	Cottenham	On-call	1x LRP
B03	Sutton	On-call	1x WrL
B04	Littleport	On-call	1x WrL
B05	Ely	Day Crewed & On-call	1x RP 1x WrL
B06	Soham	On-call	2x WrL
B07	Burwell	On-call	1x WrL
B09	Linton	On-call	1x WrL
B10	Sawston	On-call	1x LRP
B11	Gamlingay	On-call	1x WrL
B11/B12	Cambourne	Crewed by B11/B12	1PM+ HVP, 1PM+ HVHL, 1PM+ MDD, 1x 4WD
B12	Papworth	On-call	1x WrL
B13	St Neots	Day Crewed & On-Call	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x IRU*
A14	Dogsthorpe	Wholetime	1x RP, 1x RV
A15	Peterborough RV	Volunteer (On-call)	1x WrL
A16	Stanground	Wholetime	1x MS
A17	Yaxley	On-call	1x LRP
A18	Whittlesey	On-call	1x WrL
A19	Thorney	On-call	1x WrL
A20	Wisbech	Day Crewed & On-Call	1x RP, 1x LRP
A21	March	On-call	1x LRP, 1x WrL
A22	Manea	On-call	1x WrL
A23	Chatteris	On-call	1x WrL
A24	Ramsey	On-call	1x LRP, 1x WC
A25	Sawtry	On-call	1x WrL
A26	Kimbolton	On-call	1x WrL
A27	Huntingdon	Wholetime & On-call	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x RV, 1x ICCU*
A28	St Ives	On-call	1x LRP, 1x WrL

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

• Rescue Pump (RP)
• Light Rescue Pump (LRP)
• Standard water tender (WrL)
• MultiStar 1+ (multi-functional aerial and water) (MS)
• Water Carrier (WC)
• Rescue Vehicle (RV)
• Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU)

CBRN Response:

• High Volume Pump (PM+HVP)
• High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HL)
• Incident Response Unit (IRU)
• Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD)

Fire authority

Cambridgeshire County Council was the fire authority until 1998 when Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority was formed following local government reorganisation in the county. The fire authority comprises 17 elected councillors, 13 from Cambridgeshire County Council and four from Peterborough city council. The full authority meets four times a year at Service headquarters, situated at Hinchingbrooke Cottage on the outskirts of Huntingdon. Meetings are open to the general public.

See also

• Fire service in the United Kingdom
• History of fire brigades in the United Kingdom
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary
• East of England Ambulance Service

External links

• Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service