Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Lancashire, England and also includes the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountyLancashire
Agency overview[1]
Employees+1,500
Chief Fire OfficerJustin Johnston
Facilities and equipment
Stations40 (Including USAR at Chorley)
Website
www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service is made up of six Area Commands as follows: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Central and Pennine. Within these areas there are 18 wholetime, 17 retained and four day crewed stations providing Lancashire with 24-hour fire cover.

Fire stations and appliances

Fleetwood Fire Station

Northern area

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
L11LancasterWholetime/On Call1x WrL, 1x WrT
L12MorecambeDay Crewing Plus/On Call/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WrT, 1x ALP*
L13Bolton-Le-SandsOn Call1x WrL
L14CarnforthOn Call1x WrL
L15SilverdaleOn Call1x WrL
L16HornbyOn Call1x WrL
L18GarstangOn Call1x WrL
L32FleetwoodDay Crewing Plus/On Call1x WrL, 1x WrT
L33PreesallOn Call1x WrT

Western area

Blackpool Fire Station
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
L30BlackpoolWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WrT, 1x ALP*
L31Bispham (Blackpool)Day Crewing Plus1x WrL
L34WeshamOn Call1x WrL
L35LythamOn Call1x WrL
L36St. AnnesDay Crewing Plus/On Call/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WrT, 1x LiRU*
L37South Shore (Blackpool)Wholetime/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x PM+EPU*

Central area

Preston Fire Station
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
L50PrestonWholetime1x WrL, 1x WrT, 1x ALP*, 2x PM*, 1x BASU*, 2x BFU*, 1x MiSU*
L52FulwoodDay Crewed1x WrL, 1x CSU*
L53Bamber BridgeDay Crewing Plus/On Call1x WrL, 1x WrT
L55LeylandDay Crewed1x WrL
L57PenworthamDay Crewing Plus/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x MPV+IRB*

Southern area

Ormskirk Fire Station
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
L51OrmskirkDay Crewed/On Call1x WrL, 1x WrT
L54ChorleyDay Crewing Plus/On Call1x WrL, 1x WrL
L99USARCrewed by crews from Chorley and Bamber Bridge1x LiRU*, 3x PM*, 5x Pods*, 1x SDU*
L56SkelmersdaleDay Crewing Plus/On Call1x WrL, 1x ATS
L58TarletonOn Call1x WrL

Eastern area

Blackburn's former Fire Station
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
L59LongridgeOn Call1x WrL
L70HyndburnWholetime/On Call/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WrT, 1x ALP*
L71BlackburnWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WrT, 1x ATS 1x CSU*
L72Great HarwoodOn Call1x WrL
L76DarwenDay Crewing Plus/On Call/Cross Crewed1x WrL, 1x WrT, 2x L4V*
L91ClitheroeOn Call1x WrL, 1x WrT

Pennine area

Burnley's former Fire Station
Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
L73BacupDay Crewed/On Call1x WrL, 1x WrT
L74RawtenstallDay Crewing Plus/On Call/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WrT, 1x FlbdV+StV*
L75HaslingdenOn Call1x WrL
L90BurnleyWholetime/Cross Crewed*1x WrL, 1x WrT, 2x PM*, 1x EPU*, 1x HVP*, 1x HVHL*, 1x IRU*
L92PadihamOn Call1x WrL
L93BarnoldswickOn Call1x WrL
L94NelsonDay Crewing Plus/On Call1x WrL, 1x WrT
L95EarbyOn Call1x WrL
L96ColneOn Call2x WrL

Fire appliance glossary / callsigns

Water Rescue Ladder
Aerial appliance

Frontline

  • Water Rescue Ladder 13.5M Ladder (WrL): P1
  • Water Rescue Tender 9M Ladder (WrT): P2
  • Aerial Tower Stinger (ATS): P1

Special Services

  • Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): M1
  • Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A2
  • Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV): M1
  • Multi Purpose Vehicle + Inshore Rescue Boat (MPV+IrbT): T2
  • Flatbed Vehicle + Softrack Vehicle (FlbdV+StV): T1
  • Command Support Unit (CSU): C1
  • Prime Mover + Environmental Protection Unit (PM+EPU): T9
  • Prime Mover + Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (PM+BASU): T2
  • Prime Mover + Bulk Foam Unit (PM+BFU): T1/T2
  • Prime Mover + Major Incident Support Unit (PM+MISU): T1
  • Prime Mover + High Volume Pumping (PM+HVP): T8
  • Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL):

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response:

  • Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR):

  • Line Rescue Unit (LiRU): R1/R2
  • Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): R9
  • Prime Movers (PM): T6/T7/T8

USAR Pods:

  • Module 1 - Technical Search Equipment
  • Module 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting
  • Module 3 - Breaching & Breaking Equipment
  • Module 4 - Multi Purpose Vehicle
  • Module 5 - Shoring Operations

See also

References

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