Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
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The Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory
emergency fire and rescue
service for the county
of Gloucestershire
, England
. The service is run by Gloucestershire County Council.
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue does not cover the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire
which is covered by Avon Fire and Rescue Service
.
Their headquarters are located at the TriService Emergency Centre in Quedgeley
, near Gloucester
. Also operating from there is Gloucestershire Constabulary
and Great Western Ambulance Service
.
As part of the FiReControl
project, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue's control room was planned to switch over to the regional control centre in Taunton
. Originally scheduled to take place in January 2011, the cutover date was revised to September 2011, however this plan was thrown into doubt in May 2010 when the government announced that fire services would not be forced to reorganise.
Statute
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emergency fire and rescue
Fire service in the United Kingdom
The fire services in the United Kingdom operate under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales...
service for the county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The service is run by Gloucestershire County Council.
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue does not cover the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
which is covered by Avon Fire and Rescue Service
Avon Fire and Rescue Service
Avon Fire & Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service covering the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire in South West England.-History:...
.
Their headquarters are located at the TriService Emergency Centre in Quedgeley
Quedgeley
Quedgeley is a suburb and civil parish of Gloucester, England, situated southwest of the city. It is the only civil parish in Gloucester, and a has a population of 11,800.-See also:*RAF Quedgeley, a large RAF logistics site which closed in 1995...
, near Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
. Also operating from there is Gloucestershire Constabulary
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Gloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in England...
and Great Western Ambulance Service
Great Western Ambulance Service
The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust is a UK National Health Service trust providing emergency and non emergency patient transport services to Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire in the South West England region...
.
As part of the FiReControl
FiReControl
FiReControl was a project, initiated in the UK in March 2004, to reduce the number of control rooms used to handle emergency calls for fire services and authorities. Presently there are 46 control rooms in England that handle calls from the local public for emergency assistance via the 999 system...
project, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue's control room was planned to switch over to the regional control centre in Taunton
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
. Originally scheduled to take place in January 2011, the cutover date was revised to September 2011, however this plan was thrown into doubt in May 2010 when the government announced that fire services would not be forced to reorganise.
See also
- Fire service in the United KingdomFire service in the United KingdomThe fire services in the United Kingdom operate under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales...
- Gloucestershire ConstabularyGloucestershire ConstabularyGloucestershire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire in England...
- Great Western Ambulance ServiceGreat Western Ambulance ServiceThe Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust is a UK National Health Service trust providing emergency and non emergency patient transport services to Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire in the South West England region...