Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire service serving the county of Oxfordshire, England.[1] It is predominately an on-call fire service, although also has whole-time support.

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (OFRS)
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountyOxfordshire
Agency overview
Chief Fire OfficerRob MacDougal
Facilities and equipment
Stations25
Engines35
Platforms1
Rescues1
Website
www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/fire-and-public-safety/fire-and-rescue-service

Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters is in Kidlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire. This is also the location of the fire service workshops. Oxfordshires control room is now based at Reading, as part of the Thames Valley Fire Control Centre, in partnership with Royal Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue services. Kidlington's control room now acts as a backup/secondary control in the event of a failure at Reading.

The chief fire officer is Rob MacDougal.

Fire stations/appliances
Goring Fire Station
Wantage Fire Station
Didcot Fire Station
Thame Fire Station

The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service currently operates out of 25 fire stations, three of which are crewed on a wholetime 24-hour basis with retained on-call back-up, three stations are day-crewed/retained, and 19 are crewed solely by retained on-call firefighters.

Station Callsign Station Name Duty System Appliances
JX01BanburyWholetime/On-Call2x Pumps, 2X HVP (Hose layers), 1x 4x4 Pickup Truck
JX02Hook NortonOn-call1x Pump
JX03Chipping NortonOn-call1x Pump
JX04CharlburyOn-call1x Pump
JX05WoodstockOn-call1x Pump, 1x ICU
JX06KidlingtonDay Crewed/On-call1x Pump, 1x RT
JX07BicesterOn-call2x Pump, 1x DIM
JX08DeddingtonOn-call1x Pump
JX09EnyshamOn-call1x Pump, 1x ISU, (Welfare pod for the ISU)
JX10WitneyOn-call2x Pump
JX11BurfordOn-call1x Pump, 1x 4x4 Pickup Truck
JX12BamptonOn-call1 x Pump
JX14CartertonOn-call1x Pump
JX21Rewley RoadWholetime/On-call3x Pumps, 1x ALP
JX22AbingdonDay Crewed/On-call2x Pump, 1x 4x4
JX23FaringdonOn-call1x Pump
JX24WantageOn-call1x Pump, 1x 4x4
JX25GoringOn-call1x Pump
JX26Henley on ThamesOn-call1x Pump
JX27ThameOn-call2x Pump
JX28WheatleyOn-call1x Pump, 1x WrC
JX29WatlingtonOn-call1x Pump
JX30Slade ParkWholetime/On-call, Driving and incident command development class base2x Pump, 1 x Welfare Unit
JX31WallingfordOn-call1x Pump
JX32DidcotDay Crewed/On-call2x Pump, 1x Hazmat unit

Fire appliance glossary/callsigns
A deployed "Prime Mover" with "Water/Ladder" engine in the background.
Fire Application Glossary Shortened Name Callsign Photo
Pump Pump P1/P2/P3 150px
Water Carrier WrC W1
Aerial Ladder Platform ALP A1
Rescue Tender RT R1
Communications Support Unit CSU C1
Incident Command & Control Unit ICU C1
Environmental Protection Unit EPU H1
Light 4x4 Vehicle L4V S1/S2
High Volume Pump HVP N981
CBRN Detection, Identification & Monitoring DIM H8
CBRN Incident Response Unit IRU H9

See also

References
  1. online@oxfordshire.gov.uk, Oxfordshire County Council, 01865 792422. "Fire and Rescue Service". oxfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2018.


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