Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service

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**Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service**
Coverage
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service area
Area	Cheshire
Size	2,334 km²
Population	984,300
Operations
Formed	1 April 1948
HQ	Winsford
Staff	989
Stations	24
Chief Fire Officer	Steve McGuirk

Website	Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Authority	Cheshire Fire Authority

The Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statuory fire and rescue service for the English non-metropolitan county of Cheshire and the unitary authorities of Halton (including Runcorn, and Widnes) and Warrington. It has 24 fire stations.

1 The fire and rescue service
2 Staff numbers
3 Fire stations
4 External links

[edit] The fire and rescue service

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. 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 namely Manchester Airport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

[edit] Staff numbers

As of 2005 the fire service employed the following staff numbers:

Role	Staff Count
Whole-time fire-fighters	606
Part-time fire-fighters	198
Mobilising and communication centre staff	24
Support staff	161

[edit] Fire stations

A total of 24 fire stations are strategically sited throughout the county. These are broken down as:

Nine whole-time shift fire stations crewed 24/7
Five day-crewed stations, crewed during the day but with part-time staff at night
Ten part-time stations

Across these stations there are 36 fire appliances and a variety of other specialist appliances such as Hydraulic Platforms, Hazardous Materials Vehicles, and Command Units.