The service was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government, by a merger of the previous Clwyd and Gwynedd fire services. It covers an area of 2,400 square miles (6,200 km2) with around 670,000 people. The Service employs over 1000 staff in operational and support roles.[1]
The fire authority which administers the service is a joint board made up of councillors from Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham councils.
The fire and rescue service operates three duty crewing systems: they are wholetime, day-crewed and an “on-call” retained duty system. Wholetime fire appliances are crewed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Day-crewed appliances are crewed by wholetime firefighters based at the fire station between 12pm and 10pm. The same firefighters then provide cover from home outside of these hours as retained firefighters. Retained firefighters are summoned to the fire station by pager from home or work to respond to emergency calls. Cross-crewing is a cost-cutting measure that sees various fire appliances being crewed by a single crew. This means, for example, if an appliance in the cross-crewing system responds to an incident, any other appliances in the system will be unavailable as they will have no crew.
north, wales, fire, rescue, service, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, schola. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources North Wales Fire and Rescue Service news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service NWFRS Welsh Gwasanaeth Tan ac Achub Gogledd Cymru is the fire and rescue service covering the principal areas of Anglesey Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd and Wrexham in the north of Wales With service coverage in north west Wales being predominantly rural The NWFRS is headquartered in St Asaph Denbighshire Wales North Wales Fire and Rescue ServiceGwasanaeth Tan ac Achub Gogledd Cymru Welsh Operational areaCountryWalesRegionNorth WalesPrincipal areas6 AngleseyConwyDenbighshireFlintshireGwyneddWrexhamAgency overviewEstablished1996 1996 Chief Fire OfficerDawn DocxFacilities and equipmentStations44Websitewww wbr nwales fireservice wbr org wbr uk The service was created in 1996 by the Local Government Wales Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government by a merger of the previous Clwyd and Gwynedd fire services It covers an area of 2 400 square miles 6 200 km2 with around 670 000 people The Service employs over 1000 staff in operational and support roles 1 The fire authority which administers the service is a joint board made up of councillors from Anglesey Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd and Wrexham councils Contents 1 Fire stations 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksFire stations editThe fire and rescue service operates three duty crewing systems they are wholetime day crewed and an on call retained duty system Wholetime fire appliances are crewed twenty four hours a day seven days a week Day crewed appliances are crewed by wholetime firefighters based at the fire station between 12 pm and 10 pm The same firefighters then provide cover from home outside of these hours as retained firefighters Retained firefighters are summoned to the fire station by pager from home or work to respond to emergency calls Cross crewing is a cost cutting measure that sees various fire appliances being crewed by a single crew This means for example if an appliance in the cross crewing system responds to an incident any other appliances in the system will be unavailable as they will have no crew See also editList of British firefighters killed in the line of duty North Wales PoliceReferences edit About Us Archived 2 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine From official websiteExternal links editOfficial website nbsp nbsp This article relating to firefighting is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an organisation in Wales is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title North Wales Fire and Rescue Service amp oldid 1195939627, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
