Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
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| Operational area | |
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| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Country |
 England
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| County |
 Cheshire
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| Agency overview | |
| Established | April 1, 1948 |
| Employees | 989 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 27 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the English county of Cheshire, consisting of the unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington. It operates 27 fire stations. The service is led by the Chief Fire Officer, currently Paul Hancock, and the Service Management Team. It is managed by the Cheshire Fire Authority, which is composed of councillors from the local communities of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. They make decisions on issues such as policy, finance and resources.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service employs over 980 staff and looks after a population of 984,300 people spread across an area of 2,334 square kilometres. It has 27 fire stations and a headquarters in Winsford. The region features several large urban areas such as Warrington and Chester, an extensive transport infrastructure and one of the highest concentrations of petrochemical industries in the country. It is in close proximity to two major airports: Manchester and Liverpool.
The service responds to emergency incidents - known as Emergency Response (ER) across the four unitary council areas of
A total of 27 fire stations are strategically sited throughout the county. These are broken down as:
Pods:
In 1947 it was decided that the National Fire Service should be reorganised into a series of regional Fire Brigades. At that time there were 23,500 firemen in England and Wales, with an additional 18,000 part-time personnel, including a small number of women. It was recognised that these numbers were to prove too small for future requirements.
Cheshire County Fire Department was formed on 1 April 1948 after a period of nationalisation spanning six and a half years.
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