West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service

Fire stations/appliances

Duty system information

• Retained – The RDS is when firefighters are called to the station via pagers. Therefore, they are not always on station
• Day Manned – The day manned system is when firefighters are in the station during the day but not the night
• Wholetime – Wholetime is when firefighters are at the station 24/7 and run on watches which change every 12 hours
• Cross Crewed – Cross Crewed means that if the station has a specialized appliance this means that the crew on duty can crew the normal appliances and special ones if they have no dedicated crew

  Normal Crewing Levels

• P1/P2/P3 = 4-6
• A1 = 2
• R1 = 4/5
• M1 = 1-6
• Other Appliances = 2-5

  Fire appliance glossary/callsigns

• Water Ladder : P1/P2/P3
• Light 4x4 Tender : M1
• Light 6x6 Tender : M1
• Water Carrier : W1
• Aerial Ladder Platform : A1
• Heavy Rescue Tender : R1
• Technical Rescue Unit : R2
• Technical Rescue Unit : R3
• Technical Rescue Unit : R4
• Technical Rescue Unit : R5
• Technical Rescue Unit : R6/R7
• Inshore Rescue Boat : B1/B2
• Incident Command & Control Unit : C1
• Command Support Unit : C2
• Breathing Apparatus Support Unit : S1
• Fire & Emergency Support Unit : S6
• Fire Investigation Support Unit : F1
• Co-Responder Vehicle : V1
• High Volume Pump : W2/W4
• Hydrant Inspection Unit : N/A
• General Purpose Lorry : N/A
• Fleet Support Unit : N/A
• Logistical Support Unit : N/A
• General Staff Vehicles : N/A
• Training & Development Appliances : N/A

• Prime Mover : T5/T6/T7/T8/T9

• 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

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  Ranks

Other West Sussex emergency services

• Sussex Police
• South East Coast Ambulance Service