Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service


Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Norfolk in the east of England. The county consists of around 870,100 people and 2,074 square miles.

The Headquarters

The Headquarters of Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service is in the town of Wymondham. The full address is Operations and Communications Centre, Jubilee House, Falconers Chase, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0WW. The former headquarters, Whitegates, was commandeered for use by the National Fire Service during the Second World War and was eventually purchased by Norfolk County Council in 1950. The building was built as a family home in the late eighteenth century and has had various owners over the years. New building at the rear of the original house in recent times has replaced the coach house and stables of earlier times.

Incidents

In 2014-15 the NFRS attended 7,285 incidents where 749 people were rescued and 63 fatalities. Mainly consisting of 2143 fires, 2809 special services and 2333 false alarms which required no further action. The service have noticed a reduction in the number of fires they attend, however an increasing response to Road Traffic Collisions on Norfolk's roads.

Appliances

Station CallsignStation NameDuty SystemAppliances
AcleRetained1x RRP
N40AttleboroughRetained1x RP
N20AylshamRetained1x RP
N88Carrow Wholetime1x HRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT,
N66CromerRetained1x RP, 1x TRV
N42DerehamRetained2x RP
N88USARWholetime/Retained1x SDU, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT, 1x OSU, 3x PM + Modules 1/2/3/4/5
N21DissRetained2x RP, 1x TRV
Downham MarketRetained1x RP
N87East HarlingRetained1x WrL
N44FakenhamRetained2x RP, 1x WrC, 1x TRV
GorlestonWholetime/Retained1x HRP, 1x WrL, O&WSU
N69Great YarmouthWholetime/Retained1x RP, 1x RRP, 1x ALP
HarlestonRetained1x WrL
HeachamRetained1x RP
N73HethersettRetained1x WrL, 1x WrC, 1x IRU
HinghamRetained1x WrL
HoltRetained1x RP
N46HunstantonRetained1x RP
N47King's Lynn NorthWholetime /Retained1x RP, 1x RRP, 1x ALP, 1x EPU
N47King's Lynn SouthWholetime 1x HRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT
LoddonRetained1x RRP
N26Long StrattonRetained1x RP
MarthamRetained1x RRP
MassinghamRetained1x WrL
MethwoldRetained1x RRP
N72MundesleyRetained1x WrL
N87North Earlham Wholetime/Retained1x RP, 1x WrT, 1x ALP
N73North WalshamRetained1x WrL
OutwellRetained1x WrL
ReephamRetained1x WrL
SandringhamRetained1x RP, 1x TRV
N74SheringhamRetained1x RRP
N29Sprowston Wholetime1x RP, 1x EPU, 1x FESS
N75StalthamRetained1x RP
N52SwaffhamRetained1x RP
TerringtonRetained1x RP
N54ThetfordDay Crewed/Retained1x HRP, 1x RRP, 1x TRU, 1x IrbT, 1x PM pods: 1x HVP, 1x HVHL
N57WattonRetained1x RP
WellsRetained1x RRP
West WaltonRetained1x RP
WroxhamRetained1x RRP
N31WymondhamRetained2x RP, 1x CCU, 1x TRV, 1x DRONE

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Pods:
CBRN Response:
Incident Response Unit : H9
Urban Search & Rescue Unit :
Norfolk also hosts one of the UK's Urban Search and Rescue teams, these were originally set up as a response to the 9/11 tragedy in New York. The Norfolk team comprises 15 wholetime USAR technicians and 16 retained technicians along with a search dog. The team is based in Dereham in central Norfolk alongside the town's retained crew.
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