North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	Wales
County	Region
Agency overview
Established	1996 (1996)
Chief Fire Officer	Simon Smith
Facilities and equipment
Stations	44
Website
Official website

The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the predominantly rural principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham in the north of Wales.

The service was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government, by a merger of the previous Clwyd and Gwynedd fire services. It covers an area of 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) with around 670,000 people. The Service employs over 1000 staff in operational and support roles.

The fire authority which administers the service is a joint-board made up of councillors from Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham councils.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
N01	Caernarfon	Day Manned/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x , 1x ET*, 1x FoC*
N02	Bangor	Day Manned/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x WIU+IrbT*, 1x IRU*
N03	Holyhead	Day Manned/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, , 1x EPU*1xcrv
N04	Dolgellau	Nucleus/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x DrP, 1 crv
N05	Aberdyfi	Retained	1x WrL
N06	Abersoch	Retained	1x WrL
N07	Amlwch	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N08	Bala	Retained	1x WrL
N09	Barmouth	Retained	1x WrL,
N10	Beaumaris	Retained	1x WrL
N11	Benllech	Retained	1WrL
N12	Blaenau Festiniog	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L6P
N13	Harlech	Retained	1x WrL, 1x L2P
N14	Llanberis	Retained	1x WrL
N15	Llangefni	Retained	1x WrL, 1x Drp
N16	Menai Bridge	Retained	1x WrL
N17	Nefyn	Retained	1x WrL
N18	Porthmadog	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N19	Pwllheli	Retained	2x WrL, 1xcrv	N20	Rhosneigr	Retained	1x WrL
N21	Tywyn	Retained	1x WrL
N22	Llandudno	Day Manned/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV*, 2x PM*, pods: 1x HVP, 1x HLU
N23	Colwyn Bay	Day Manned/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x ET*
N24	Rhyl	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x GPV, 1x ICU*
N25	Abergele	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N26	Betws-Y-Coed	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x WIU+IrbT*
N27	Cerrig-Y-Drudion	Retained	1x WrL
N28	Conway	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N29	Corwen	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N30	Denbigh	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N31	Llanfairfechan	Retained	1x WrL
N32	Llangollen	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N33	Llanwrst	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N34	Prestatyn	Retained	1x WrL
N35	Ruthin	Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x WIU+IrbT*
N36	St. Asaph	Retained	1x WrL
N37	Wrexham	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	3x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x ET*, 1x EPU*, 1x GPV
N38	Deeside	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	2x WrL, 1x WIU+IrbT*, 1x FoC*, 1x IRU*
N39	Buckley	Retained	1x WrL
N40	Chirk	Retained	1x WrL, 1x DrP
N41	Flint	Retained	1x WrL
N42	Holywell	Retained	1x WrL
N43	Johnstown	Retained	1x WrL
N44	Mold	Retained	1x WrL, 1x ISU*

Fire Appliance Glossary

• Water Ladder (WrL): P1 / P2 / P3
• Duel Role Pump (DrP): M1
• Light 2x2 Pump (L2P): L1
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A1
• Water Incident Unit + Inshore Rescue Boat (WIU+IrbT): B1
• Incident Command Unit (ICU): C1
• Environmental Protection Unit (EPU): H1
• Emergency Tender (ET): R1
• Foam Carrier (FoC): S1
• Incident Support Unit (ISU): S1
• General Purpose Vehicle (GPV): T1 / T7
• Prime Mover (PM): T8 / T9

Pods:

• High Volume Pump (HVP)
• Hose Layer Unit (HLU)

CBRN Response

• Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

See also

• North Wales Police

External links

• Official website