Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountyNorfolk
AddressJubilee House, Falconers Chase, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0WW
Agency overview
Annual calls7,285 incidents[1]
Employees
  • 281 wholetime firefighters
  • 504 on-call firefighters
  • 22 fire control staff
  • 142 support staff [2]
Annual budget£27.7 million[1]
Chief Fire OfficerCeri Sumner
MottoAestimemur agendo
Facilities and equipment
Stations42
Engines53
USAR4
Aerial Ladder Platforms3
Website
www.norfolk.gov.uk/safety/norfolk-fire-and-rescue-service Edit this at Wikidata

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Norfolk in the east of England. The county consists of around 870,100 people, covering the 4th largest area in England with 2,074 square miles including 200 miles of inland waterways, 90 miles of coastline and 6,125 miles of roads.[3][4] The county city is Norwich with other major towns including Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Thetford.[5] Norfolk has one of the 20 Urban Search and Rescue teams across England and Wales which were set up in response to the 9/11 attacks. The teams, including Norfolk, have the capacity to deal with two simultaneous incidents across the UK.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Norfolk Fire and Rescue Authority Integrated Risk Management Plan 2016/2020" (PDF). Norfolkfireservice.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Fire statistics data tables". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ "NFRS". Norfolkfireservice.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Our service". www.norfolk.gov.uk.
  5. ^ "Norfolk Towns". norfolk & Norwich. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Urban Search and Rescue". www.norfolk.gov.uk.

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