Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
County	Lincolnshire
Agency overview
Established	1974 (1974)
Employees	900
Chief Fire Officer	Dave Ramscar
Facilities and equipment
Stations	38
Website
Official website

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is the statutory fire and rescue service serving the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands Region of the UK. This does not include North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, which are in the Yorkshire and the Humber Region.

Personnel

The service employs approximately 900 firefighters and staff, with around 200 full-time firefighters. The county's 38 fire stations are allocated to one of three Divisions (East, West and South). The majority of Lincolnshire is covered by retained (part-time) staff, who attend on a call-out basis, due to the comparative large distances between main towns, and the county's spartan road network. In 2007, it was announced that the fire service had the UK's slowest average time to respond - ten minutes - due to the distances involved. The headquarters are based on South Park Avenue (A15) in the south of Lincoln.

History

Prior to 1974, when Lincolnshire was administratively three separate counties, there were three fire brigades for the geographic county, covering Kesteven, Holland and Lindsey, with Lindsey being the biggest, which formed in 1948. Grimsby had its own Grimsby Borough Fire Brigade. After 1974, much of the Lindsey Fire Brigade with Grimsby became part of Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, and still is today. Prior to 1974, this would have covered two large oil refineries at Immingham and other large fire risks - indeed the Flixborough disaster in June 1974, the largest civilian explosion in the UK, took place soon after the separation of counties in the new Humberside area, although the Lincolnshire Fire Service, in nearby Gainsborough, would have been called for assistance.

Compared to many other parts of the UK, arson is not very common in the area covered by Lincolnshire Fire Service. However Lincolnshire does have an above-average serious road accident rate.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
C01	Alford	Retained	1x RP
C02	Bardney	Retained	1x WrL
C03	Billingborough	Retained	1x RP, 1x CRV
C04	Billinghay	Retained	1x WrL
C05	Binbrook	Retained	1x WrL
C06	Boston	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP
C07	Bourne	Retained	1x RP, 1x TSU, 1x CRV
C08	Brant Broughton	Retained	1x RP
C09	Caistor	Retained	1x RP
C10	Corby Glen	Retained	1x WrL
C11	Crowland	Retained	1x RP, 1x CRV
C12	Donington	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RP, 1x PM+HVP*
C13	Gainsborough	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x PM+HVHL*
C14	Grantham	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x RSU, 1x PCV, 1x CRV
C15	Holbeach	Retained	1x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x CRV
C16	Horncastle	Retained	1x RP, 1x CRV
C17	Kirton	Retained	1x WrL, 1x CRV
C18	Leverton	Retained	1x WrL, 1x CRV
C19	Lincoln North	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x RSU, 1x TSU, 1x TSV, 1x SDU, 3x PM+5x USAR Pods
C20	Lincoln South	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x PCV, 1x IRU*, 1x PM+MDD*
C21	Long Sutton	Retained	1x RP, 1x Amb
C22	Louth	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x TSU, 1x FRV
C23	Mabelthorpe	Retained	1x WrL
C24	Market Deeping	Retained	1x RP, 1x FRV
C25	Market Rasen	Retained	1x RP, 1x CSU
C26	Metheringham	Retained	1x WrL
C27	North Hykeham	Retained	1x RP
C28	North Somercoats	Retained	1x RP
C29	Saxilby	Retained	1x RP 1 x CRV
C30	Skegness	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x FESU
C31	Sleaford	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL
C32	Spalding	Wholetime/Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x TRU, 1x WIU+IrbT
C33	Spilsby	Retained	1x RP
C34	Stamford	Retained	1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x Amb
C35	Waddington	Retained	1x WrL
C36	Wainfleet	Retained	1x WrL
C37	Woodhall Spa	Retained	1x RP, 1x Amb
C38	Wragby	Retained	1x RP

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

• Water Ladder Rescue (RP): P1
• Water Ladder (WrL): P2
• Water Carrier (WrC): W1
• Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): T8
• Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL): T9
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
• Command Support Unit (CSU): C1
• Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S1
• Personnel Carrying Vehicle (PCV): T1
• Co-Responder Vehicle (CRV): V1
• Ambulance (Amb): V1

Technical Rescue Team:

• Rescue Support Unit (RSU): R1
• Technical Support Unit (TSU): R2
• Water Incident Unit + Inshore Rescue Boat (WIU+IrbT): R3
• Technical Rescue Vehicle (TRV): R4

Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):

• Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): R9
• 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

CBRN Response:

• Incident Response Unit (IRU): H8
• Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): T9

Co-Responder

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service works in partnership with the East Midlands Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical cover to select areas of Lincolnshire. Currently, 11 areas have been identified as having a greater need for ambulance cover. The aim of a co-responder team is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an ambulance. Co-Responder Vehicles and Ambulances are equipped with:

• Defibrillator
• Bag and mask resuscitator
• Oxygen
• Airways suction units
• Standard first aid equipment
• Entonox (gas and air)

External links

• Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service website
• Explanation of reorganisation of local fire brigades in 1974 at Humberside Fire Service

Video clips

• Fire safety officer in October 2007

News items

• New fire engines in February 2007
• Slowest response time in the UK in January 2007
• Lack of retained firefighters in September 2005
• Retained officers in Wragby in 2004