Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service

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Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountyIsles of Scilly
Agency overview
Employees43 (2019)
Chief Fire OfficerAisling Khan
Facilities and equipment
Stations5
Website
www.scilly.gov.uk/community-safety/fire-rescue Edit this at Wikidata

The Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory local authority fire and rescue service covering the Isles of Scilly off the coast of the South West of England. It is the smallest fire and rescue service in the United Kingdom and the only one to be staffed entirely by retained firefighters.[1]

The service shares management, and cooperates closely with the airport rescue and fire fighting service (St Mary's Airport RFFS) on St Mary's, which is the only other fire service on the Isles of Scilly.[2]

Fire stations and appliances

Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
1 St. Mary's Retained R1 - 1996 Mercedes 1124 Water Tender Ladder
R2 - 2014 4x4 Toyota Hilux [with Foam/Water Carrier Trailer]
3 St Agnes Retained R3 - 1986 Tractor & water bowser trailer
4 Bryher Retained R4 - 1986 Tractor & water bowser trailer
5 Tresco Retained R5 - 1990 Dodge 50 Series Rescue Pump
6 St Martin's Retained R6 - 1986 Tractor & water bowser trailer

St Mary's Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Service

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
St Mary's Airport Day manned F1 - Carmichael Mercedes 1124 foam tender
F2 - Carmichael Mark 10 foam tender (ex RAF)

Personnel

The fire service has 42 on-call firefighters in the ranks of Firefighter, Crew Manager, Watch Manager, and Station Manager. The single Station Manager post (previously shared with the airport fire service) is currently[when?] vacant and under review.[3]

The service is led by a Chief Fire Executive. Until 2017 this was a uniformed role, with the rank of Chief Fire Officer, but the position is now a non-uniformed appointment, held by the deputy chief executive of the Council of the Scilly Isles. This council officer is also responsible for the airport fire service.[3]

The fire service also has non-operational support staff (currently[when?] one appointment).

Inspections

The fire service has a responsibility for domestic and commercial inspections of premises for fire safety. It carries out these inspections on the smaller islands, but contracts them on the main island (St Mary's), where domestic inspections are carried out by the full-time firefighters of the airport fire service, and commercial premises inspections are carried out by Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fire prevention". Council of the Isles of Scilly. Archived from the original on 2006-10-06.
  2. ^ "Airport fire and rescue service". Council of the Isles of Scilly. Retrieved 13 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c "An inspection of Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service" (PDF). Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services. Retrieved 13 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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