Surrey Fire and Rescue Service

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountySurrey
Agency overview
Chief Fire OfficerDan Quin
Facilities and equipment
Stations25
Engines31
Trucks1
Platforms1
HAZMAT2
USAR4
Wildland25
Rescue boats3
Website
www.surreycc.gov.uk/community/fire-and-rescue Edit this at Wikidata

The Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the County of Surrey, England, with 25 fire stations. It comes under the administrative and legislative control of Surrey County Council, acting as the fire authority who fund the service by collecting a precept via council tax, and from central government funds, known as a grant settlement, and provide the political leadership for the service.

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service delivers prevention and protection to citizens against fires and many other life-threatening incidents as well as responding to all types of emergencies. It was established under the Fire and Rescue act, the Fire Safety Order and the Civil Contingencies act. It is part of Surrey County Council's Community Protection Group which includes other citizen focused services including trading standards, coronary service, emergency planning, military partnership, community resilience and corporate health and safety. The chief fire officer heads up the services that make up the Surrey Community Protection Group and is also the chairman of Surrey Local Resilience Forum.


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