Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service

An Optare Metrorider being used for fire training by the Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service in 2010.

Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service which covers the area of Northumberland, England.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Amble fire station

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
N01	Pegswood	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	3x WrL, 1x FFU, 1x L4V, 1x SWRU, 1x ICCU*, 2x PM* for: HVP, HVHL, FMU
N04	West Hartford	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4V, 1x SRU, 1x IRU*
N05	Ponteland	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4V+LPU*
N06	Prudhoe	Retained	1x WrL, 1x FFU
N07	Hexham	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4V, 1x SWRU
N08	Allendale	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4V
N09	Haydon Bridge	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4V
N10	Haltwhistle	Retained	1x WrL, 1x FFU
N11	Bellingham	Retained	1x WrL, 1x FFU
N12	Rothbury	Retained	1x WrL, 1x FFU
N13	Wooler	Retained	1x WrL, 1x FFU, 1x L4V
N14	Berwick	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x SWRU, 1x L4V+LPU*
N14/N15	Holy Island	Unstaffed	1x WrL (Crewed by N14 or N15)
N15	Belford	Retained	1x WrL, 1x FFU
N16	Seahouses	Retained	1x WrL
N17	Alnwick	Retained	2x WrL, 1x L4V
N18	Amble	Retained	1x WrL, 1x FFU

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

• Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P2/P3
• Fire Fogging Unit (FFU): F1
• Wildfire Unit (WFU): M1
• Specialist Rescue Unit (SRU): R1
• Swift Water Rescue Unit (SWRU): T5
• Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
• Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): T1
• Light 4x4 Vehicle + Lighting & Pump Unit (L4V+LPU): T1
• Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL): T8
• Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): T9
• Prime Mover + Flood Management Unit (PM+FMU): T8/T9

CBRN Response:

• Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

See also

• Fire service in the United Kingdom

External links

• Northumberland County Council Fire & Rescue Service website