South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	Wales
Region	South Wales
Agency overview
Established	1996 (1996)
Employees	1000
Chief Fire Officer	Huw Jakeway
Facilities and equipment
Stations	52
Website
Official website

The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the ten Welsh principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.

The SWFRS was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the previous fire brigades of Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and Gwent. It covers an area of around 1,000 square miles (3,000 km²) with a population of around 1.4 million.

The fire authority which runs the service is a joint-board made up of councillors from the ten principal areas covered by the service.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
S01	Bridgend	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x HRT, 1x L4P, 1x TRU, 1x FltbdU*
S02	Porthcawl	Retained	1x WrL
S03	Kenfig Hill	Retained	1x WrL
S04	Cowbridge	Day Manned	1x WrL, 1x L4P
S05	Pencoed	Retained	1x WrL
S06	Ogmore Vale	Retained	1x WrL
S07	Pontycymmer	Retained	1x WrL
S08	Maesteg	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x WrC*
S09	Treorchy	Retained	1x WrL
S10	Tonypandy	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV, 1x BASU*, 1x WelU*
S11	Ferndale	Retained	1x WrL
S13	Gilfach Goch	Retained	1xWrL
S14	Pontyclun	Retained	1x WrL
S15	Pontypridd	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x WrC*, 1x HRT
S16	Hirwaun	Retained	1x WrL
S17	Aberdare	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x WrC*, 1x PM+HLU*, 1x GPV
S18	Abercynon	Retained	1x WrL
S19	Llantwit Major	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x FoT*
S20	Barry	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x WrC*, 1x SRU, 1x GPV
S21	Aberbargoed	Wholetime/Retained	2x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x L4P, 1x BASU, 1x TRU
S22	Penarth	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x CIU*, 1x WIU+IrbT*
S24	Caerphilly	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV, 1x EPU
S25	Treharris	Retained	1x WrL
S26	Merther Tydfil	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x HRT, 1x GPV, 1x IRU
S27	Tredegar	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
S28	Rhymney	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
S30	Abercarn	Day Manned/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x CIU*, 1x GPV
S31	Risca	Retained	1x WrL
S32	Cwmbran	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x ICCU*, 1x PM+MDU*, 1x GPV
S33	New Inn	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x CIU*, 1x PM+HVP*, 1x GPV
S34	Abersychan	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
S35	Abertillery	Day Manned/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P
S37	Ebbw Vale	Day Manned/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x HRT, 1x LiRU*, 2x WIU+IrbT*
S38	Brynmawr	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
S39	Blaenavon	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L4P
S40	Abergavenny	Retained	2x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV
S41	Monmouth	Retained	2x WrL, 1x L4P
S42	Usk	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x PM+HLU*
S43	Chepstow	Retained	2x WrL
S44	Caldicot	Day Crewed/Cross Manned*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x GPV
S45	Malpas	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x Wrl, 1x SRU, 1x HRT, 3x PM+5x USAR Pods, 1x GPV, 1x RRIU*
S46	Maindee	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x WIU+IrbT*, 1x RRIU*
S47	Duffryn	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x SRU, 1x GPV, 1x DIM*, 1x IRU*
S49	Whitchurch	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x L4P, 1x FoT*, 1x PM+SalU*, 1x FltbdU*
S50	Roath	Wholetime	1x WrL
S51	Cardiff Central	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV
S52	Ely	Wholetime	1x WrL, 1x HRT, 1x GPV

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

• Water Ladder (WrL): P1/P2
• Light 4x4 Pump (L4P): L8
• Heavy Rescue Tender (HRT): R1
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A4
• Water Carrier (WrC): W7
• Foam Tender (FoT): S6
• Prime Mover + Hose Layer Unit (PM+HLU): T4
• Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): T9
• Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL): T8
• Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (BASU): S1
• Welfare Unit (WelU): S2
• Salvage Unit (SalU): S1
• General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
• Incident Command & Control Unit (ICCU): C1
• Special Rescue Unit (SRU): R5
• Technical Rescue Unit (TRU): R3
• Line Rescue Unit (LiRU): R4
• Water Incident Unit (WIU) + Inshore Rescue Boat (IrbT): B1
• Flatbed Unit (FltbdU): T3
• Road/Rail Incident Unit (RRIU): S3
• Chemical Incident Unit (CIU): H1
• Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H2

CBRN Response:

• Detection Identification & Monitoring Unit (DIM): H8
• Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9
• Prime Mover (PM) + Mass Decontamination Unit (MDU): T9

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR):

• General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1
• Prime Mover (PM): T7/T8/T9

Pods:

• Module 1 - Technical Search Equipment
• Module 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting
• Module 3 - Breaching & Breaking Equipment
• Module 4 - Multi Purpose Vehicle
• Module 5 - Shoring Operations

External links

• Official YouTube channel