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Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service area
Coverage
Area Surrey
Size 1,663 km²
Population 1,067,200
Operations
Formed 1 April 1948
HQ Reigate
Staff 1,000+
Stations 24
Website Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
Fire Authority Surrey County Council
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The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 24 fire stations. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. Reigate is a historic market town in Surrey, England at the foot of the North Downs, and in the London commuter belt. In the United Kingdom 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 Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. A statute is a formal written enactment of a Legislative authority that governs a Country, State, City, or County. The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is comes under the administrative and legislative control of Surrey County Council, who fund the service by collecting a precept via council tax, and from central government funds, known as a grant settlement. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. Council Tax is the system of local Taxation used in England, Scotland and Wales to part fund the services provided by local government in each

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The fire and rescue service

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service employs approximately 1000 staff and looks after a population of over one million people spread across an area of 1663 square kilometres. The region features several large urban areas such as Guildford, Redhill and Woking; 64 miles of motorway; and is in close proximity to two major airports in London Gatwick and London Heathrow. Guildford ( IPA /ˈgɪlfəd/ is the County town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the Redhill is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England and is part of the London commuter belt. Gatwick Airport is London 's second largest Airport and the second busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow.

A total of 24 fire stations are strategically sited throughout the County. 17 of these are crewed on a wholetime basis, with fire engine crews available at the fire station 24 hours a day and seven are crewed on a part-time basis (i. A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting Fires by transporting Firefighters A fire station (also called stationhouse) is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus (i e. the crew live and work in the near vicinity and are available on call).

Historically, fire cover was set to national standards that were defined back in the 1930s.

New equipment

On 26 March 2007, fire crews across Surrey took delivery of 12 Scanias, amongst the UK's most advanced fire appliances. Events in March American Red Cross Month Fire Prevention month ( The Philippines) Women's History Month ( United Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The vehicles seat eight firefighters instead of six, and each has a "tough book" computer system that contains every address in the county.

They also have a compressed air foam system or "CAFS" as it is known. This produces class 'A' foam through a hosereel or standard layflat hose. The class 'A' foam can be used to coat buildings and cars to continue absorbing heat after standard water would have run off. The system is usefull for defensive firefighting operations but is unpopular with crews due to the fact that the installation of a CAFS hosereel replaces one of the standard water hosereels used for offensive firefighting operations. Therefore a CAFS appliance carries only 60m of hosereel compared to 120m on the older appliances.

The fire service has also received money to buy a new rescue boat which will be based at Walton-on-Thames and used during flooding incidents. Walton-On-Thames is a Town in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey in South East England.

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See also

Other Surrey emergency services

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