Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service


Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire and the unitary authority of Peterborough.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service was formed in 1974 from the merger of the Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Fire Brigade and the Huntingdon and Peterborough Fire Brigade ; all of which had existed since 1948.
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service's headquarters are located in Huntingdon.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service operates 28 fire stations, of which four are crewed day and night, three are day-crewed, and the remainder are crewed by on-call firefighters, who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call being received, and, uniquely, central Peterborough is covered by a separate volunteer fire brigade whose training, operations and mobilisation falls under Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. It is crewed by volunteers, similarlar to on-call firefighters but they do not get paid.
The breakdown of all stations is as follows:
Station CallsignStation NameDuty SystemAppliances
B01CambridgeWholetime2x RP, 1x Wrl, 1x MS, 1x RV
B02CottenhamOn-call1x LRP
B03SuttonOn-call1x LRP
B04LittleportOn-call1x WrL
B05ElyDay Crewed & On-call1x RP 1x WrL
B06SohamOn-call1x LRP
B07BurwellOn-call1x WrL
B09LintonOn-call1x WrL
B10SawstonOn-call1x LRP
B11GamlingayOn-call1x WrL
B30CambourneCrewed by B11/B121PM+ HVP, 1PM+ HVHL, 1x 4WD
B12PapworthOn-call1x WrL
B13St NeotsDay Crewed & On-Call1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x IRU
A14DogsthorpeWholetime1x WrL, 1x RV
A15Peterborough RVVolunteer 1x WrL
A16StangroundWholetime2x RP, 1x MS
A17YaxleyOn-call1x LRP
A18WhittleseyOn-call1x LRP
A19ThorneyOn-call1x WrL
A20WisbechDay Crewed Plus & On-Call1x RP, 1x WrL
A21MarchOn-call1x LRP, 1x WrL
A22ManeaOn-call1x WrL
A23ChatterisOn-call1x LRP
A24RamseyOn-call1x LRP, 1x WC
A25SawtryOn-call1x WrL
A26KimboltonOn-call1x LRP
A27HuntingdonWholetime & On-call1x RP, 1x WrL, 1x RV, 1x ICU, 1x PM+MDD
A28St IvesOn-call1x LRP

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

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Fire authority

Cambridgeshire County Council was the fire authority until 1998 when Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority was formed following local government reorganisation in the county. The fire authority comprises 17 elected councillors, 13 from Cambridgeshire County Council and four from Peterborough city council. The full authority meets four times a year at Service headquarters, situated at Hinchingbrooke Cottage on the outskirts of Huntingdon. Meetings are open to the general public.

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