Hereford

Hereford Station

01432 274 561 (Hereford Fire Station)
0345 122 4454 (Service Headquarters)

Station Commander: Neil Lilwall

Station Type: Wholetime and On-call

Vehicles and Skills:

• Scania Ultra Heavy Rescue Fire Engine
• MAN Fire Engine
• Dennis Sabre Fire Engine
• Incident Response Unit
• Aerial Ladder Platform
• Water Rescue Sprinter
• Land Rover Off Road Firefighting Vehicle
• Swift Water Rescue Team

Incidents Attended in April 2014 to March 2015

The figures below are totals of the main types of incident attended within their station cover area and do not total all of the callouts.

• Fires: 189
• Road Traffic Collisions: 61
• Persons Rescued: 44
• Animals Rescued: 16
• False Alarms: 388
• Water Related: 7

Other Station Information

Hereford Fire Station responds to incidents in around the city of Hereford, which is predominantly an urban environment with a number of heritage buildings. The River Wye bisects the city and is used by locals as well as a large number of tourists.

The station combines three duty systems who work alongside each other. The wholetime firefighters provide 24 hour emergency cover on either a four day duty system or a self-rostering system, known as Day Crewed Plus. There is also a retained duty system that is made up of on-call firefighters, who respond to emergency calls whenever they are needed.

The station has a MAN fire engine, a Dennis Sabre fire engine and a Land Rover off road firefighting vehicle. The station is also equipped with a Scania ultra heavy rescue appliance, an aerial ladder platform for rescues and firefighting and the incident response unit, which responds to incidents involving hazardous materials.

On-call drill nights are held at the Fire Station every Thursday commencing at 7:00pm.