Long Eaton Fire Station is both a wholetime, and on-call station with 2 fire engines. They predominantly respond to incidents in Long Eaton and the surrounding areas. The station is crewed by 4 wholetime watches each with a Watch Manager, a Crew Manager and up to 5 Firefighters, and the on-call unit is crewed by 1 Watch Manager, 2 Crew Managers and up to 12 Firefighters.
EMERGENCIES: 999
General Fire Service Enquiries: 01773 305305
Tamworth Road
Long Eaton
Derbyshire
NG10 1BD
District: Erewash
Wholetime Stations are staffed by wholetime personnel using a shift system of 4 watches (blue, green, red and white) operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This comprises of a 4 on 4 off work pattern of 2 day shifts (8am to 7pm) and 2 night shifts (7pm to 8am), followed by 4 days off.
On-Call Stations are staffed by Firefighters who are members of the community and are paid to respond to emergencies. They do not staff the fire station 24 hours a day like full-time firefighters on the wholetime duty system. They are notified of an emergency call via a personal pager, which they carry with them when they are on duty. On-Call Firefighters will book themselves available for fire calls and, if a call comes in during the hours they have agreed to be on call, they must reach the fire station within the allocated time usually within 5 minutes of receiving the pager message.
Most of our On-Call Firefighters are in full-time employment, with an agreement from their employers to leave to attend an emergency call and nearly all carry out their community engagement, prevention and protection duties.
Wholetime Training : Daily - Usually in the morning
On Call Training : Weekly - Tuesday 18:30 hours
The Watch Manager is identified from the role markings shown & wears a navy blue shirt. Their primary duty, is the running of the station and the management of the staff attached to that location. They are the officer in-charge of the fire appliance & take charge of incidents that they attend.
The Crew Manager is identified by the role markings shown & wears a navy blue shirt. This person assists the Watch Manager in the delivery of their duties, which includes standing in for them in their absence.This person rides on the fire appliance as a crew member but also has the qualifications to be in charge of an incident when required.
Firefighters wear a navy blue shirt but do not have any role markings. Their primary role is to undertake the general duties required for the daily running of the fire station and forms the remainder of the crew that staff the appliance attached to that particular location.
Able to attend all fire service incidents. Crewed by 3-6 staff.
The Emergency Feeding Vehicle, facilitated by the Salvation Army provides refreshments in the form of hot and cold drinks, soup and sandwiches to Firefighters at incidents. In the case of a major/protracted incident, more substantial refreshments in the form of a full meal may be provided.
Incident Command Unit / Control Unit
The ICU is a vehicle used to assist Incident Commanders at larger incidents (normally 5 pumps and above). It provides the Incident Commander with an area that serves as a focal point for internal and external agencies, a ‘booking in’ point and a communication point. It has internet access that provide a link to risk and hazard information for addressable locations and also operational guidance. Further to this it can be used to receive media updates and provide the command team with wider information as incidents develop.
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Incident Type |
2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
House fire |
34 | 23 | 27 | 84 |
|
Other building fire |
10 | 10 | 18 | 39 |
|
Vehicle fire |
15 | 15 | 13 | 43 |
|
Outdoor fire |
47 | 42 | 69 | 158 |
|
Road traffic collision |
24 | 29 | 30 | 83 |
|
False alarms attended |
144 | 157 | 173 | 474 |
|
Other non-fire incident |
52 | 70 | 73 | 195 |
|
Total |
326 | 346 | 403 | 1076 |
