Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

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Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service area
Coverage
Area	Northamptonshire
Size	2,364 km²
Population	651,800
Operations
Formed	1948, 1974 (in current form)
HQ	Northampton
Staff
Stations	22
Chief Fire Officer	D Archer
Website	Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Authority	Northamptonshire County Council

The Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service covering the county of Northamptonshire in the English East Midlands.

[edit] History

The Northamptonshire Fire Brigade and the separate Northampton Borough Fire Brigade were created in 1948 by the Fire Services Act 1947. In 1974 the Northampton FB was merged with Northamptonshire FB to create the present service.

[edit] Fire stations

Northamptonshire FRS has 22 fire stations,^[1] 5 of which are full time, two are day crewed, and the remainder are retained. they are located in the following places:

• Full time
  • Corby
  • Kettering
  • Moulton
  • The Mounds (Northampton)
  • Mereway (Northampton)
  • Wellingborough

• Day crewed
  • Daventry
  • Rushden

• Retained
  • Brackley
  • Brixworth
  • Burton Latimer
  • Desborough
  • Earls Barton
  • Guilsborough
  • Irthlingborough
  • Long Buckby
  • Oundle
  • Raunds
  • Rothwell
  • Thrapston
  • Towcester
  • Woodford Halse

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