Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
County	Oxfordshire
Agency overview
Chief Fire Officer	David Etheridge
Facilities and equipment
Stations	24
Engines	32
Website
Official website

The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, is the Fire Service serving the county of Oxfordshire, England.

Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters is based in Kidlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire. This is also the location of the fire service control room and workshops.

The current Chief Fire Officer is David Etheridge.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Goring Fire Station

Wantage Fire Station

Didcot Fire Station

Thame Fire Station

The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service currently operates out of 24 Fire Stations, located across Oxfordshire.

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
X01	Banbury	Whoetime/Cross Crewed*	2x Water/Ladder, 1x Prime Mover + High Volume Pump*, 1x Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer*
X02	Hook Norton	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X03	Chipping Norton	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X04	Charlbury	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X05	Woodstock	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x Water/Ladder, 1x Incident Command & Control Unit*
X06	Kidlington	Day Crewed/Retained	1x Water/Ladder, 1x Specialist Rescue Unit, 1x Heavy Rescue Unit
X07	Bicester	Retained/Cross Crewed*	3x Water/Ladder, 1x Detection, Identification & Monitoring*
X08	Deddington	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X09	Enysham	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x Water/Ladder 1x Prime Mover + Incident Support Unit*
X10	Witney	Retained	1x Water/Ladder, 1x Light Response Vehicle
X11	Burford	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X12	Bampton	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X21	Rewley Road	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	3x Water/Ladder, 1x Aerial Ladder Platform, 1x Environmental Protection Unit*
X22	Abingdon	Day Crewed	2x Water/Ladder, 1x Light 4x4 Vehicle
X23	Faringdon	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X24	Wantage	Retained	1x Water/Ladder, 1x Canteen Vehicle
X25	Goring	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X26	Henley	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X27	Thame	Retained	2x Water/Ladder
X28	Wheatley	Retained	1x Water/Ladder, 1x Water Carrier
X29	Watlington	Retained	1x Water/Ladder
X30	Wallingford	Retained	1x Water/Ladder, 1x Fire & Emergency Support Unit
X31	Slade Park	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x Water/Ladder, 1x Light Response Vehicle, 1x Incident Response Unit*
X32	Didcot	Day Crewed	2x Water/Ladder
X41	Kidlington HQ	Day Crewed	1x Communications Support Unit, 2x Light 4x4 Vehicle

Oxon Fire and Rescue Resonding to Randolph Hotel Fire

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Fire Application Glossary	Shortened Name	Callsign	Photo
Water Ladder	WrL	P1/P2/P3	Water Ladder Fire Engine
Light Response Vehicle	LRV	P2	Light response Unit
Water Carrier	WrC	W1
Aerial Ladder Platform	ALP	A1	Aerial Ladder Platform
Specialist Rescue Unit	SRU	R1
Heavy Rescue Unit	HRU	R2
Communications Support Unit	CSU	C1
Incident Command & Control Unit	ICCU	C1
Environmental Protection Unit	EPU	H1
Canteen Vehicle	CV	S1
Fire & Emergency Support Unit	FESU	S1
Light 4x4 Vehicle	L4V	S1/S2
Prime Mover + Incident Support Unit	PM+ISU	S1
Prime Mover + High Volume Pump	PM+HVP	T2	Prime Mover with High Volume Pump
Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer	PM+HVHL	T2
CRBN Response
Detection, Identification & Monitoring	DIM	H8
Incident Response Unit	IRU	H9

A deployed "Prime Mover" with "Water/Ladder" engine in the background.

External links

• Official Website
• Fire Station List