The Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service

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...

 covering Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

 and Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

 in the West Midlands region

West Midlands (region)

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 of England

England

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The service was created in 1974 when Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to create the county of Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the area of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire and the county borough of Worcester.It bordered Shropshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands to the...

. The two counties were split up again in 1998 but the fire service remained, and is now run by a joint fire authority

Fire Authority

In England and Wales a fire authority or fire and rescue authority is a statutory body made up of a committee of local councillors which oversees the policy and service delivery of a fire and rescue service...

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The Service covers an area of 3,908.59 km² with a population of 714,100. The service has 332 wholetime operational staff, 369 retained (part time) staff, 21 Fire Control staff, as well as about 98 non-uniformed support staff.

Wholetime crewed / retained stations

Worcester (1x Rescue Pump, 2x Pump, 1x Aerial Ladder Platform, 1x Water Rescue Vehicle and Boat)

Hereford (1x Rescue Pump, 2x Pump, 1x Aerial Ladder Platform, 1x Water Rescue Vehicle and Boat, 1x Incident Response Unit)

Redditch (1x Rescue Pump, 1x Pump, 1x Compressed Air Foam System Appliance)

Kidderminster (1x Rescue Pump, 1x Pump, 2x High Volume Pumping Unit)

Bromsgrove (1x Rescue Pump, 1 Pump, 1x Hydraulic Platform)

Day crewed / retained stations

Malvern (1x Rescue Pump, 1x Pump, 1x Incident Command Unit, 1x Pinzgauer and Argocat)

Droitwich (1x Rescue Pump, 1x Pump, 1x Incident Support Unit, 1x Incident Response Unit, 5x USAR)

Evesham (1x Rescue Pump, 1x Pump, 1x Water Carrier, 1x Water Rescue Vehicle and Boat)

Retained stations

Retained stations in the service area include:
Bewdley,
Broadway,
Bromyard,
Eardisley,
Ewyas Harold,
Fownhope,
Kingsland,
Kington,
Ledbury,
Leintwardine,
Leominster,
Pebworth,
Pershore,
Peterchurch,
Ross-on-Wye,
Stourport,
Tenbury Wells,
Upton,
and Whitchurch.

External links

• Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service Official Website