County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service is the

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covering an area of , for the unitary authority areas of County Durham and Darlington. The service area borders with Cleveland Fire Brigade,

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and

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History

The service was formed on 1 April 1948 as a result of the

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. The first

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was C.V Hall and was appointed this position on 19 September 1947. The large area covered by the FRS was then divided into three areas, consisting of: Divisions A-C.

Performance

Every fire and rescue service in

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is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by

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(HIMCFRS). The inspection investigates how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service has been rated as follows:

Headquarters

The service now has its own training school and workshops located in Bowburn and headquarters located in Belmont. Country Durham fire brigade

Fire stations

The service divides its 15 fire stations and 1 Technical Services Centre into two divisions: North and South. Fire stations are crewed by wholetime firefighters, daytime firefighters, on-call (retained) firefighters, or a combination of the different crewing systems.

References

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