South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service
	; ;
Operational area
Country	United Kingdom
Part	Wales
Region	South Wales
Agency overview
Established	1996
Annual calls	33,046 (2019–2020)
Employees	783 firefighters (April 2021); 557 retained firefighters; 353 support staff; 44 control room staff;
Chief Fire Officer	Huw Jakeway
Facilities and equipment
Stations	47
Trucks	61
Website
	www.southwales-fire.gov.uk

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the ten Welsh principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.

SWFRS was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the previous fire brigades of Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and Gwent. It covers an area of around 1,100 square miles (2,800 km²) with a population of around 1.5 million.^[1]

The fire authority which runs the service is a joint-board made up of councillors from the ten local authorities covered by the service.^[1]

Since October 2017, SWFRS has shared its control room with Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service and South Wales Police at the police headquarters,^[2] an arrangement that is expected to save £1 million annually across both fire and rescue services.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Strategic Plan 2020-2030" (PDF). South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. 1 April 2021. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "The South Wales Tri-Service Public Service and Joint Emergency Control Centre Tri-Service Centre Evaluation". Cardiff University. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "National Framework for Fire and Rescue Services – Progress Report 2019" (PDF). Welsh Government. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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Coordinates: 51°33′12″N 3°23′52.25″W / 51.55333°N 3.3978472°W / 51.55333; -3.3978472

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[stratplan2030-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Strategic Plan 2020-2030" (PDF). South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. 1 April 2021. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[cfustudy-2] "The South Wales Tri-Service Public Service and Joint Emergency Control Centre Tri-Service Centre Evaluation". Cardiff University. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[gov2019-3] "National Framework for Fire and Rescue Services – Progress Report 2019" (PDF). Welsh Government. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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