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Fire and rescue service in western England
The
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
is the
statutory
emergency
fire and rescue
service for the
non-metropolitan county
of
Gloucestershire
,
England
. The service is run by
Gloucestershire County Council
. The service does not cover the unitary authority of
South Gloucestershire
which is covered by
Avon Fire and Rescue Service
.
The service's headquarters are located at the TriService Emergency Centre in
Quedgeley
, near
Gloucester
.
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Also operating from there are
Gloucestershire Constabulary
and
South Western Ambulance Service
.
An inspectors report in 2019 rated the service as "inadequate" and had "a culture of bullying and harassment.".
[2]
Performance
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Every fire and rescue service in
England and Wales
is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services
(HMICFRS). The inspection investigates how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:
HMICFRS Inspection Gloucestershire
Area
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Rating 2018/19
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Rating 2021/22
[4]
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Description
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Effectiveness
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Requires Improvement
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Requires Improvement
|
How effective is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
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Efficiency
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Requires Improvement
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Requires Improvement
|
How efficient is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
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People
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Requires Improvement
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Inadequate
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How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people?
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Fire stations
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The service has 21
fire stations
, 16 of which are crewed by
retained firefighters
; and five which are either wholetime, or a mix of wholetime and retained.
[5]
Wholetime fire stations:
- Cheltenham West
- Gloucester South
Wholetime and retained fire stations:
- Cheltenham East
- Gloucester North
- Stroud
Retained fire stations:
- Chipping Camden
- Cinderford
- Cirencester
- Coleford
- Dursley
- Fairford
- Lydney
- Moreton-In-Marsh
- Nailsworth
- Newent
- Northleach
- Stow-On-The-Wold
- Tetbury
- Tewkesbury
- Winchcombe
- Wotton-Under-Edge
Tewkesbury
fire station is also home to
Severn Area Rescue Association
, which has based one of its five
River Severn
rescue stations there.
[6]
Gloucestershire fire appliances
Co-responder stations
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Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service works in partnership with the South West Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical cover to select areas of Gloucestershire. Lydney, Coleford, Newent, Wotton-Under-Edge, Dursley, Chipping Camden, and Tetbury have been identified as having the greatest need for ambulance cover.
[7]
The aim of a
fire service co-responder team
is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an Ambulance. Co-responder vehicles are equipped with:
- Defibrillator
- Bag and mask resuscitator
- Oxygen
- Airway suction units
- Standard first aid equipment
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