Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Norfolk in the east of England. The county consists of around 870,100 people and 2,074 square miles (5,370 km²).[2]

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service

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Operational area
Country	England
County	Norfolk
Address	Operations and Communications Centre, Jubilee House, Falconers Chase, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0WW
Agency overview
Annual calls	7,285 incidents[1]
Annual budget	£27.7 million[1]
Chief Fire Officer	Stuart Ruff
Facilities and equipment
Stations	42
Website
www.norfolk.gov.uk/safety/norfolk-fire-and-rescue-service

One of Norfolk's Heavy Rescue Units

Headquarters

The headquarters of Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is Jubilee House, Falconers Chase, Wymondham, Norfolk. The former headquarters, Whitegates, was commandeered for use by the National Fire Service during the Second World War and was eventually purchased by Norfolk County Council in 1950. The building was built as a family home in the late eighteenth century and has had various owners over the years. New building at the rear of the original house in recent times has replaced the coach house and stables of earlier times.

Incidents

In 2014-15, NFRS attended 7,285 incidents where 749 people were rescued and 63 fatalities. Mainly consisting of 2,143 fires, 2,809 special services (RTCs and other) and 2,333 false alarms which required no further action. The service have noticed a reduction in the number of fires they attend, however an increasing response to road traffic collisions (RTC) on Norfolk's roads.[1]

Appliances

• 30 Rescue Pumps: the standard firefighting vehicle mobilised to all emergency calls. These appliances are equipped with a high-pressure two-stage main pump also capable of making foam via an onboard foam inductor system, two high-pressure hose reels, a set of rescue ladders, a light portable fire pump, four / six breathing apparatus sets (depending on age), two spare breathing air cylinders and hydraulic rescue equipment, as well as other miscellaneous tools.[3]
• Four Heavy Rescue Pumps: very similar to the rescue pump, however more emphasis on rescue operations and incidents.[3]
• 24 Water Tenders: similar to the rescue pump, however less emphasis on rescue equipment but more water capacity.[3]
• Three Aerial Ladder Platforms (ALP): extendible ladder platforms with rescue cages, stretchers and additional lighting, these vehicles provide high-level access and firefighting capability, with a vertical reach of almost 100 ft, almost 80 ft sideways, and up to 55 ft below ground level.[3]

Fire stations

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
	Acle	Retained	1x RRP
N40	Attleborough	Retained	1x RP
N20	Aylsham	Retained	1x RP
N88	Carrow (Norwich)	Wholetime	1x HRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT,
N66	Cromer	Retained	1x RP, 1x TRV
N42	Dereham	Retained	2x RP
N88	USAR	Wholetime/Retained	1x SDU, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT, 1x OSU, 3x PM + Modules 1/2/3/4/5
N21	Diss	Retained	2x RP, 1x TRV
	Downham Market	Retained	1x RP
N87	East Harling	Retained	1x WrL
N44	Fakenham	Retained	2x RP, 1x WrC, 1x TRV
	Gorleston	Wholetime/Retained	1x HRP, 1x WrL, O&WSU
N69	Great Yarmouth	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x RRP, 1x ALP
	Harleston	Retained	1x WrL
	Heacham	Retained	1x RP
N73	Hethersett	Retained	1x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x IRU
	Hingham	Retained	1x WrL
	Holt	Retained	1x RP
N46	Hunstanton	Retained	1x RP
N47	King's Lynn North	Wholetime (Split Crew)/Retained	1x RP, 1x RRP, 1x ALP, 1x EPU
N47	King's Lynn South	Wholetime (Split Crew)	1x HRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT
	Loddon	Retained	1x RRP
N26	Long Stratton	Retained	1x RP
	Martham	Retained	1x RRP
	Massingham	Retained	1x WrL
	Methwold	Retained	1x RRP
N72	Mundesley	Retained	1x WrL
N87	North Earlham (Norwich)	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrT, 1x ALP
N73	North Walsham	Retained	1x WrL
	Outwell	Retained	1x WrL
	Reepham	Retained	1x WrL
	Sandringham	Retained	1x RP, 1x TRV
N74	Sheringham	Retained	1x RRP
N29	Sprowston (Norwich)	Wholetime	1x RP, 1x EPU, 1x FESS
N75	Staltham	Retained	1x RP
N52	Swaffham	Retained	1x RP
	Terrington	Retained	1x RP
N54	Thetford	Day Crewed/Retained	1x HRP, 1x RRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT, 1x PM pods: 1x HVP, 1x HVHL
N57	Watton	Retained	1x RP
	Wells	Retained	1x RRP
	West Walton	Retained	1x RP
	Wroxham	Retained	1x RRP
N31	Wymondham	Retained	2x RP, 1x CCU, 1x TRV, 1x DRONE

Fire appliance glossary / callsigns

• Rescue Pump (RP): P1 / P2
• Water Ladder (WrL): P3 / P4
• Heavy Rescue Pump (HRP): P7
• Rural Response Pump (RRP): P8
• Foam / Water Carrier (F/WrC): W9
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A6
• Command & Control Unit (CCU): C0
• Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H0
• Fire & Emergency Support Service (FESS): FESS
• Operational & Welfare Support Unit (O&WSU): S1
• Technical Rescue Unit (TRU): S0
• Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT)
• Prime Mover (PM): T9
• Tactical Response Vehicle (TRV): L1

Pods:

• High Volume Pump (HVP)
• High Volume Hose Layer (HVHL)

Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

Urban Search & Rescue Unit (USAR):

Norfolk also hosts one of the UK's Urban Search and Rescue teams, these were originally set up as a response to the 9/11 tragedy in New York. The Norfolk team comprises 15 wholetime USAR technicians and 16 retained technicians along with a search dog. The team is based in Dereham in central Norfolk alongside the town's retained crew.

• Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): R9
• Technical Rescue Unit (TRU): S0
• Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT) [4]
• Operational Support Unit (OSU): S1
• Prime Mover (PM): T6 / T7 / T8

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

Notable incidents

Norwich Assembly Rooms fire 1995

Roy's of Wroxham fire (1995)

Norwich library fire (1994)

• 1991 Thetford - Plastic recycling centre. A large fire which burned for four days[5]
• 1994 Norwich - Norwich library destroyed by fire. The main fire station of Norwich was opposite the library but the crews were already out attending what turned out to be a malicious call. Due to the dramatic spread of the fire the building could not be saved[6]
• 1995 Wroxham - a ten-hour blaze in a department store[7]
• 2011 Great Yarmouth - four men killed in industrial accident; nine fire crews attended[8]
• 2013 Norwich - eleven people injured in low speed train crash at Norwich railway station. The signal box was not alerted to the accident for 24 minutes[9][10]
• 2014 Fakenham - 90 firefighters attended a fire in a department store[11]
• 2016 Great Yarmouth - 20 plus appliances and 88 fire crews attend large fire on Regent road inside Regent Arcade and Super Bowl UK Regent. Building destroyed.[12]

Gallery

Facilities

• 
  The former Headquarters of Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, Whitegates, Hethersett,
• 
  Acle fire station, Old Road
• 
  Cromer fire station, Canada Road
• 
  Fakenham fire station, Norwich Road
• 
  Heacham fire station
• 
  Holt fire station, Norwich Road
• 
  King's Lynn fire station
• 
  Sheringham fire station, Cromer Road
• 
  Swaffham fire station, West Acre Road

See also

• UK Firefighter dispute 2002/2003
• Historical Fire Brigades of the United Kingdom
• History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom
• List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty

References

1. "Norfolk Fire and Rescue Authority Integrated Risk Management Plan 2016/2020" (PDF). Norfolkfireservice.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
2. "NFRS". Norfolkfireservice.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
3. "20150413 Fleet List inc year of registration.xlsx". Whatdotheyknow.com. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yuoNNnt1X4
5. "LEGAL DEFINITION OF WASTE SOUGHT AFTER EAST ANGLIAN FIRE". Lgcplus.com. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
6. "BBC ON THIS DAY | 1 | 1994: Library fire wipes out historic records". BBC News. 1976-08-01. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
7. "Wroxham". Norfolkfireservice.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
8. "Prayers for men killed in Norfolk industrial accident - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
9. Adam Gretton. "Key findings in report into train crash in Norwich which put 11 people in hospital - Norfolk News | Eastern Daily Press". Edp24.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
10. Archived 2014-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
11. "Large fire at Fakenham factory shop destroys buildings - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
12. "Great Yarmouth fire: Blaze a 'tragedy' for the town - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2017-04-29.

External links

• Official website