Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service

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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country  United Kingdom
Country  England
Agency overview
Established 1974 (1974)
Chief Fire Officer Dan Stephens
Facilities and equipment
Stations 26
Website
Official website

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the county of Merseyside in north-west England and is the statutory Fire and Rescue Authority responsible for all 999 fire brigade calls in Sefton, Knowsley, St. Helens, Liverpool and Wirral.

History

In 1974 the merger of the following borough Fire Brigades: City of Liverpool, Birkenhead, Bootle, Southport, St Helens, and Wallasey. As well as parts of Lancashire County Fire Brigade and Cheshire County Fire Brigade to create Merseyside Fire Brigade.

Merseyside Fire Brigade became Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority on 1 April 1986 as established by the Local Government Act 1985.[1]

In an effort to modernise the Fire service the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004[2] received Royal Assent on 22 July 2004.[3] This legislation changed the name to Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority. The change of name also reflects the fact that the service, in addition to fighting fire, conducts rescues such as RTC's and is heavily involved in prevention work in communities.

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority Headquarters is located on Bridle Road, Bootle

Since 2013 the MACC relocated from Derby Road, Kirkdale to a purpose built joint control centre with Merseyside Police which is also located at the Bridle Road site.

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority is made up of 5 Area Commands as follows: Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, and St Helens. Within these areas are:

  • 16x Wholetime Stations
  • 4x (LLAR) Low Level Activity & Risk (Day Cover 10:00 - 22:00, Stand Down 22:00 - 10:00)
  • 3x Wholetime/Retained Stations (30 Min Resilience)
  • 1x Wholetime Marine Rescue Station
  • 1x Wholetime/Day Crewed Station (30 Min Resilience)
  • 1x Resilience Station (30 Min Resilience)

Which provides Merseyside with 24hr fire cover.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
M10 Kirkdale Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 2x WrL, 1x HRP, 1x TRU, 1x DIM*, 1x IRU*, 4x PM*, pods: BASU, BFU, DCU, EPU, HLU, ICCU, LPPU, MDD, MTFU
M11 Liverpool City Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x WrL, 1x CPL*
M12 Kensington Wholetime 1x WrL
M14 Speke and Garston Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x WrL, 1x PM+Hcft*
M15/M61 Toxteth Wholetime 1x WrL, 2x CSU
M16 Old Swan Wholetime/Retained 2x WrL
M17 Belle Vale Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x WrL, 1x PM* pods: HVP, HVHL
M18 Aintree Wholetime 1x WrL
M19/M91 Croxteth Wholetime/Day Manned 3x WrL, 1x SRP, 1x PM+SRU, 1x WRU
M19 Urban Search & Rescue Wholetime/Retained 1x K9U, 3x PM, Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
M20 Birkenhead Wholetime 1x WrL
M21 Bromborough Wholetime 1x WrL
M22 Heswall LLAR 1x WrL
M23 Upton Wholetime/Retained 2x WrL
M24 West Kirby LLAR 1x WrL
M25 Wallasey Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 1x WrL, 1x CPL*
M30 Bootle and Netherton Wholetime 1x WrL
M31 Crosby Wholetime 1x WrL
M32 Formby LLAR 1x WrL
M33 Southport Wholetime/Cross Crewed* 2x WrL, 1x CPL*
M40 Huyton Wholetime 1x WrL
M41 Whiston Resilience 1x WrL
M42 Kirkby Wholetime 1x WrL
M50 St. Helens Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed* 2x WrL, 1x CPL*
M51 Newton-Le-Willows LLAR 1x WrL
M52 Eccleston Wholetime 1x WrL
M81 Marine Rescue Station Wholetime 1x IRB

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

  • Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P2
  • Combined Platform Ladder (CPL): A1
  • Command Support Unit (CSU): C1/C2
  • The Rehab Unit (TRU): S2
  • Prime Mover (PM): T1/T2/T3/T9


Pods:

  • Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU)
  • Bulk Foam Unit (BFU)
  • Damage Control Unit (DCU)
  • Environmental Protection Unit (EPU)
  • High Volume Pump (HVP)
  • High Volume Hose Layer (HVHL)
  • Hose Layer Unit (HLU)
  • Incident Command and Control Unit (ICCU)
  • Light Portable Pump Unit (LPPU)
  • Marine and Tunnel Firefighting Unit (MTFU)


Search & Rescue Team

  • Search and Rescue Pump (SRP): R2
  • Water Rescue Unit (WRU): R3
  • Prime Mover + Search & Rescue Unit (PM+SRU): T1
  • Prime Mover + Hovercraft (PM+Hcft): T2
  • Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT): B1/MF1


Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)

  • Search & Rescue Dog Unit (K9U): R9
  • Prime Mover (PM): T7/T8/T9

Pods:

  • Module 1 - Technical Search Equipment
  • Module 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting Equipment
  • Module 3 - Breaching & Breaking Equipment
  • Module 4 - Multi Purpose Vehicle
  • Module 5 - Shoring Operations


Hazardous Materials Response

  • Hazmat Response Pump (HRP): H2
  • Detection, Identification and Monitoring Unit (DIM): H8
  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9
  • Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): T9

See also

References

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External links

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