Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory
fire and rescue service
for the non-metropolitan county
of Cambridgeshire
and the unitary authority
of Peterborough
.
Cambridgeshire Fire Service was formed in 1974 from the merger of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Fire Brigade and the Huntingdon and Peterborough
Fire Brigade (which had been formed in 1965 from the merger of Huntingdonshire
Fire Brigade and the Soke of Peterborough
Fire Brigade); all of which had existed since 1948.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is arranged into six divisions, in line with the county's districts: Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire. The Service's headquarters are in Huntingdon.
As part of the FiReControl
project, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue's control rooms will switch over to the regional control centre in Cambridge
. Cambridge is due to switch over in May 2011.
s, of which four are crewed day and night (wholetime), three are day-crewed and the remainder are crewed by retained firefighter
s who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call being received. The breakdown of stations is as follows:
Breakdown of the different areas and locations of each fire station: here
and Ireland
, the use of retained firefighters (who are part-time, but are paid when on duty) rather than volunteers is standard. The Peterborough
Volunteer Fire Brigade, formed in 1884, is the only one of its kind remaining. Nowadays it effectively functions as a retained fire station, except that its members provide their services unpaid. (Two Water Tender Ladders)
until 1998 when Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority was formed following local government reorganisation in the county. The fire authority comprises 17 elected councillors, 13 from Cambridgeshire county council and four from Peterborough city council. The authority meets four times a year at brigade headquarters, situated at Hinchingbrooke Cottage on the outskirts of Huntingdon. Meetings are open to the general public.
Statute
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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...
for the non-metropolitan county
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of subdivisions of England used for the purposes of local government outside Greater London. As originally constituted, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties each consisted of multiple districts, had a county council and...
of Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
and the unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
of Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
.
Cambridgeshire Fire Service was formed in 1974 from the merger of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
Isle of Ely
The Isle of Ely is a historic region around the city of Ely now in Cambridgeshire, England but previously a county in its own right.-Etymology:...
Fire Brigade and the Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough was a short-lived administrative county in East Anglia in the United Kingdom. It existed from 1965 to 1974, when it became part of Cambridgeshire.-Formation:...
Fire Brigade (which had been formed in 1965 from the merger of Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...
Fire Brigade and the Soke of Peterborough
Soke of Peterborough
The Soke of Peterborough is an historic area of England that is traditionally associated with the City and Diocese of Peterborough, but considered part of Northamptonshire...
Fire Brigade); all of which had existed since 1948.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is arranged into six divisions, in line with the county's districts: Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire. The Service's headquarters are in Huntingdon.
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, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue's control rooms will switch over to the regional control centre in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. Cambridge is due to switch over in May 2011.
Fire stations
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service operates 28 fire stationFire station
A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
s, of which four are crewed day and night (wholetime), three are day-crewed and the remainder are crewed by retained firefighter
Retained firefighter
A retained firefighter, also known as a Firefighter working the Retained Duty System , RDS Firefighter, part-time firefighter or on-call firefighter, in the United Kingdom and Ireland is a professional firefighter who may have full-time employment outside of the fire service but responds to...
s who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call being received. The breakdown of stations is as follows:
- 3 wholetime stations
- 1 wholetime/retained station
- 2 day-crewed Monday to Sunday, 08:30 to 17:00
- 1 day-crewed Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 17:00 until 16:30 on Fridays
- 20 retained stations
- 1 volunteer station
Breakdown of the different areas and locations of each fire station: here
Wholetime
- Cambridge: CambridgeCambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
(2 Water Tenders, Rescue Tender, Turntable Ladder) - Peterborough: DogsthorpeDogsthorpeDogsthorpe is a residential area and electoral ward of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service maintain a fire station, crewed day and night and equipped with Water Tender, Rescue Vehicle and Aerial Platform, on Dogsthorpe...
(Water Tender, Rescue Tender, Aerial Platform); StangroundStangroundStanground is a residential area of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For electoral purposes it comprises Stanground Central and Stanground East wards in North West Cambridgeshire constituency...
(Water Tender, Incident Response Unit)
Wholetime/retained
- Huntingdonshire: HuntingdonHuntingdonHuntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
(2 Water Tenders, Rescue Tender, Command Unit, Water/Foam Carrier, High Volume Pump)
Retained
- South Cambridgeshire: CottenhamCottenhamCottenham is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is close to The Fens. Before the fens were drained in the 19th century Cottenham was on the last contour before the waterlogged marshes, with Ely being the nearest dry land around to the north-east....
(Water Tender); GamlingayGamlingayGamlingay is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, near the border with Bedfordshire, and the traditional county of Huntingdonshire...
(Water Tender); LintonLinton, CambridgeshireLinton is a village in rural Cambridgeshire, England, on the border with Essex. It has been expanded much since the 1960s and is now one of many dormitory villages around Cambridge. The railway station was on the Stour Valley Railway between Cambridge and Colchester, now closed. The Rivey Hill...
(Water Tender); Papworth EverardPapworth EverardPapworth Everard is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies ten miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon, having along its centre Ermine Street, the old North Road, the Roman highway that for centuries served as a major artery from London to York, which is now the A1198...
(Water Tender); SawstonSawstonSawston is a large village in Cambridgeshire in England, situated on the River Cam seven miles south of Cambridge. It has a population of 7,150...
(Water Tender) - Huntingdonshire: KimboltonKimbolton, CambridgeshireKimbolton is a large village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is approximately east of Higham Ferrers, west of St Neots and west of Cambridge, north of Bedford and south of Peterborough.-Castle:...
(Water Tender); RamseyRamsey, CambridgeshireRamsey is a small Cambridgeshire market town and parish, north of Huntingdon and St Ives. For local government purposes it lies in the district of Huntingdonshire within the local government county of Cambridgeshire....
(2 Water Tender Ladders); SawtrySawtrySawtry is a village in the district of Huntingdonshire in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is home to over people.-Location:...
(Water Tender); St. IvesSt Ives, CambridgeshireSt Ives is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England, around north-west of the city of Cambridge and north of London. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Huntingdonshire.-History:...
(2 Water Tenders); YaxleyYaxleyYaxley may refer to:*George Wooster, Lord Yaxley, a minor fictional character in the Jeeves and Wooster stories of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse*Yaxley, Cambridgeshire near Peterborough*Yaxley, Suffolk...
(Water Tender, Water/Foam Carrier) - Peterborough: ThorneyThorneyThorney is the name of more than one place. It is also used as a common nickname for people with the surname Thorne.It often means "Thorn eyot", or Isle of Thorns; the isle might be in a fen or river, or the sea.In the United Kingdom:...
(Water Tender) - Fenland: ChatterisChatterisChatteris is a civil parish and one of four market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely...
(Water Tender); ManeaManea, CambridgeshireManea is a village in the District of Fenland, Cambridgeshire, England. It is an expanding village in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Notable features are Manea railway station and RSPB Welches Dam nature reserve on the Ouse Washes...
(Water Tender); MarchMarch, CambridgeshireMarch is a Fenland market town and civil parish in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England. March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council.The town was an important...
(Water Tender, Operational Support Unit); WhittleseyWhittleseyWhittlesey, historically known as Whittlesea as the name of the railway station is still spelt, or Witesie, is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
(Water Tender) - East Cambridgeshire: BurwellBurwell, CambridgeshireBurwell is a large fen-edge village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, about 10 miles north east of Cambridge. It is situated on the south-eastern edge of The Fens, a large area of relatively flat former marshland which lies close to sea level and covers the majority of Cambridgeshire...
(Water Tender); LittleportLittleport, CambridgeshireLittleport is the largest village in East Cambridgeshire, England, approximately north of Ely and south-east of Welney. It lies on the Bedford Level South section of the River Great Ouse, close to Burnt Fen and Mare Fen...
(Water Tender); SohamSohamSoham is a small town in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It lies just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket . Its population is 9,102 , and it is within the district of East Cambridgeshire.-Archaeology:...
(2 Water Tenders); SuttonSutton-in-the-IsleSutton-in-the-Isle, commonly referred to simply as Sutton, is a parish and village in the county of Cambridgeshire in England, near the city of Ely. The "in-the-Isle" suffix refers to the fact that the village is part of the Isle of Ely, once an island in The Fens and also an administrative county...
(Water Tender); Swaffham BulbeckSwaffham BulbeckSwaffham Bulbeck is a village in East Cambridgeshire, England.Swaffham Bulbeck is located about from the city of Cambridge, and from the famous racing town of Newmarket. The parish of Swaffham Bulbeck is part of the Diocese of Ely and the Deanery of Fordham and Quy...
(Water Tender)
Volunteer
In the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, the use of retained firefighters (who are part-time, but are paid when on duty) rather than volunteers is standard. The Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
Volunteer Fire Brigade, formed in 1884, is the only one of its kind remaining. Nowadays it effectively functions as a retained fire station, except that its members provide their services unpaid. (Two Water Tender Ladders)
Fire authority
Cambridgeshire county council was the fire authorityFire 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...
until 1998 when Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority was formed following local government reorganisation in the county. The fire authority comprises 17 elected councillors, 13 from Cambridgeshire county council and four from Peterborough city council. The authority meets four times a year at brigade headquarters, situated at Hinchingbrooke Cottage on the outskirts of Huntingdon. Meetings are open to the general public.
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...
- History of fire brigades in the United KingdomHistory of fire brigades in the United KingdomThe history of fire brigades in the United Kingdom is complex due to many re-organisations having taken place.The first fire engines and crews were provided by voluntary bodies, parish authorities or insurance companies. James Braidwood founded the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh...
- Cambridgeshire ConstabularyCambridgeshire ConstabularyCambridgeshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. In addition to the non-metropolitan county, the Police area includes the city of Peterborough, which became a unitary authority area in...
- East of England Ambulance ServiceEast of England Ambulance ServiceThe East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing National Health Service ambulance services in the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, in the East of England region.It is one of 12 Ambulance Trusts providing...