Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service

Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service
Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service area
Coverage
Area	Stirling, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire
Size	2,643 square kilometres
Population	284,710
Operations
Formed	1975
HQ	Falkirk
Staff	3,562
Stations	17
Co-responder	No
Chief Fire Officer	{{{CFO}}}
Deputy Chief Fire Officer	{{{DCFO}}}
Website	www.centralscotlandfire.gov.uk

Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the area of Central Scotland, Scotland.

History

Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service(CSFRS) was formed in 1975 when control of fire services was passed from local authorities to the new Central Region Council. When the Central Regional Council was abolished in 1996 the three new unitary authorities each took part in the running of the service. Originally called Central Region Fire Brigade in 1975, changed in 1996 to Central Scotland Fire Brigade and in 2004 it changed to Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service to reflect the change in the operations it carries out.

Stations

The service operates 17 fire stations.

Area	Population	Full time station	Retained station	Volunteer Stations
Clackmannanshire	48,630	1	1	0
Falkirk	149,150	3	2	0
Stirling	86,930	1	9 (7)	0 (2)

• 1 Wholetime Station:
• Stirling

• 4 Mixed Wholetime/Retained Stations:
• Alloa, Bo'ness, Falkirk and Larbert

• 12 Retained Stations:
• Aberfoyle, Balfron, Bridge of Allan, Callander, Denny, Doune, Dunblane, Killin, Slamannan, Tyndrum, Crianlarich and Tillicoultry

• 0 volunteer stations :
• (Upgraded to retained)

Appliances

CSFRS has a total of 34 fire appliances which cover the whole area of Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmananshire. The majority of these are water tender ladder (WrLs) and the remainder are mostly specialist units:

• 17 Water tender Ladders - WrL
• 5 Water Tenders - WrT
• 2 Light Fire Appliances - LFA(changed from VSU as unit are no longer volunteers)
• 1 Rescue Tender - RT
• 1 Operational Support Unit - OSU
• 2 Fire Fogging Units - FFU
• 1 Water Carrier - WrC
• 1 Aerial Ladder Platforms - ALP
• 1 Prime Mover + High Volume Pump, Hose pod & Environmental Pod - PM + HVPU
• 1 Incident Response Unit - IRU
• 1 Command Unit - CU
• 1 Fire Investigation Unit - FIU
• 1 Water Rescue Unit -WRU
• 1 EFAD Training Vehicle
• Urban Search and Rescue Team - USAR + USAR pod

In addition CSFRS also has one WrL involved with their training department and five as reserve appliances. They have also recently taken delivery of a Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP) in line with many other FRSs as a new initiative to replace aging aerial appliances by combining a standard pumping appliance with an aerial appliance; the concept is a good idea from an engineering perspective (and on paper to fire boards looking to save money (reduces station establishment by two firefighters per station)), but the actual practicalities, performance and functionality has led to neither being put on the run due to minor setbacks in the design as is the case with the two due to be put on the run in Stirling and Falkirk.^{[citation needed]} As of January 2012, one machine has been given to Dumfries and Galloway, and the other is available for sale due to them being declared not fit for purpose.

Fire Cadets

In previous years CSFRS had operated 5 Fire Cadet Units at Balfron, Larbert, Tillycoultry, Bo'ness and Killin. These were very successful and provided great opportunities for the many cadets since 2002 when the first unit (Balfron) opened. All Cadet Units closed permanently as of the 13th november 2009.

See also

• Blues and twos
• Fire Services in Scotland
• FiReControl
• Fire apparatus
• Fire engine
• Fire
• Fire and Rescue Authority (Scotland)

External links

• Official Website For CSFRS