Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service Information & Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service Links at HealthHaven.com

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
Strathclyde Fire and Rescue
	; Strathclyde Fire and Rescue area
Coverage
Area	Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire
Size	14,000 square kilometres
Population	2,300,000
Operations
Formed	1975
HQ	Hamilton
Staff	3,562
Stations	113
Co-responder	{{{CR}}}
Brigade Manager	Brian P Sweeney QFSM, D.Univ, MA
Chief Fire Officer	{{{CFO}}}
Website	www.strathclydefire.org
	This box: view • talk

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue is the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of Strathclyde, Scotland. It is the largest fire and rescue service in Scotland, and one of the largest in Europe.^[1] Its territory ranges from the densely populated Glasgow to remote rural and island communities.

[edit] History

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service was formed in 1975 when control of fire services was passed from local authorities to the new Strathclyde Regional Council. When Strathclyde Regional Council was abolished in 1996 the twelve new unitary authorities that replaced it agreed to keep the fire service as it was.

It was originally known as Strathclyde Fire Brigade, but in 2005, the name was changed to Strathclyde Fire & Rescue to reflect the change in the operations that the modern fire and rescue service undertake.

Also in 2005 a book called "Everyday Heroes" was launched detailing the work of Strathclyde Fire & Rescue over the past 30 years.

[edit] Appliances

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue have over 200 Appliances which includes Rescue Pumps, Aerial Rescue Pumps (ARP), Heavy Rescue Vehicle, Technical Support Unit, Major Incident Units and Water Rescue Units.Also the Volunteer Stations have Volunteer Support Units

[edit] Stations

The service operates 113 fire stations.^[2]

Area	Population	Full time station	Retained station	Volunteer Stations
Argyll & Bute	92,000	2	13	27
East & West Dunbartonshire	209,000	5	1	0
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde	258,000	5	1	0
North East Glasgow	203,000	4	0	0
North West Glasgow	200,000	4	0	0
South Glasgow	217,000	4	0	0
North Lanarkshire	324,000	4	3	0
North & South Ayrshire	254,000	4	12	3
East Ayrshire & East Renfrewshire	351,000	3	7	0
South Lanarkshire	301,000	4	7	1

[edit] Gallery

Areial Rescue Pump

Scania Rescue Pump

T01 A2.JPG

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[0] - Service main website.

[1] - About us.

[1]

[2]