Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service
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| Operational area | |
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| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Country |
 England
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| County |
 Bedfordshire
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| Agency overview | |
| Established | April 1, 1997 |
| Employees | 600 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 14 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service provides the Fire and Rescue Service to the area covered and served by Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedford Borough Council and Luton Borough Council. Initially part of Bedfordshire County Council, the Service became a Combined Fire Authority and was named Bedfordshire & Luton Fire and Rescue Service from 1 April 1997 until 16 December 2012, following the creation of a separate unitary authority of Luton from Bedfordshire County Council. The Service took its current name following the abolition of the County Council and creation of the three unitary authorities.
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service currently employ more than 550 staff on a variety of conditions of service. These include Firefighters on the Wholetime shift system; Firefighters on the Retained Duty System; Fire Officers on the Flexible Duty System, Fire Control Operators and support staff.
The county's control room was due to move into a regional control centre in Cambridge in 2011 as part of the FiReControl project.
The Firefighters currently working at the county's five Wholetime stations are the first in the country to work 24-hour shifts.
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service operates 14 fire stations, of which five are crewed on 24-hour shifts (wholetime), one day crewed (Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00) and the remainder are crewed by retained firefighters who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call-out.
CBRN Response:
Bedford fire station
Harrold fire station
A typical Bedfordshire fire engine
A fire engine drawing water from the River Great Ouse in Bedford
Map showing locations of fire stations in Bedfordshire
One of Bedfordshire's ALPs & New Appliances
Two Appliances Responding From Stopsley Station
Bedfordshire's Fire Bikes
Bedfordshire's FSOT Operational Support Unit
A Bedfordshire Rural Water Tender
Bedfordshire's Incident Command Unit
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