- Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
Infobox UK Fire and Rescue
name= Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
area=Warwickshire
start= 1948
population= 512,700
size= 1,975.33 km²
staff= 550
BM= William Brown
stations= 19
HQ=Leamington Spa
FA= Warwickshire County Council
web= [http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireandrescue Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service]Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering
Warwickshire in the West Midlands region ofEngland .The service covers an area with a population of 512,700, covering an area of 1,975.33 km². It employs 550 staff and has 19 fire stations with 34 fire engines.
The service is administered by Warwickshire County Council. Its headquarters are based in
Leamington Spa .History
Warwickshire fire service was created in 1948 [ [http://www.cwn.org.uk/999/warwickshire-fire-service/press-releases/9811/981124-50years.htm Warwickshire Fire & Rescue Service Press Release - 50 Years Of The County Fire Service Warwickshire - 24 November 1998 ] ] by the
Fire Services Act 1947 and was originally known as Warwickshire Fire Brigade.Warwickshire fire service never covered
Coventry orBirmingham which had fire brigades of their own. In 1974 it lost area to the newly createdWest Midlands Fire Service .Warehouse fire
On
2 November ,2007 , a large fire at a vegetable warehouse (operated by Wealmoor Ltd) in the village ofAtherstone on Stour killed 4 Warwickshire Fire And Rescue Service firefighters, Ashley Stephens, Darren Yates-Badley, Ian Reid, (who died in hospital), and John Averis. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/7076401.stm|title=Four Firefighters believed dead]Fire stations
*Full time Stations
**Leamington Spa
**Nuneaton
** Rugby
**Stratford-upon-Avon *Day Crewing Stations
**Atherstone
**Bedworth
** Coleshill*Retained Stations
**Alcester
**Bidford on Avon
**Brinklow
**Fenny Compton
**Henley in Arden
**Kenilworth
**Polesworth
**Shipston-on-Stour
**Southam
**Studley
**Warwick
**Wellesbourne ee also
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Warwickshire Police References
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