West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service

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West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area

Country	England
County	West Sussex
Agency overview
Employees	~1,000
Chief Fire Officer	Sabrina Cohen-Hatton
Facilities and equipment
Divisions	2
Battalions	0
Stations	25
Engines	35
Platforms	2
Rescues	3
HAZMAT	1
USAR	6
Fireboats	0
Rescue boats	2
Website
www.westsussex.gov.uk/fire-emergencies-and-crime/west-sussex-fire-and-rescue-service/

West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the administrative county of West Sussex, England. It is part of West Sussex County Council. As of March 2018^[update], the county has 25 fire stations.

Performance

Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:

HMICFRS Inspection West Sussex
Area	Rating 2018/19^[1]	Rating 2021/22^[2]	Description
Effectiveness	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	How effective is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
Efficiency	Requires improvement	Good	How efficient is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
People	Inadequate	Requires improvement	How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people?

Fire stations

The service has 25 fire stations, which are operated according to the following crewing systems:

Wholetime – full-time firefighters are at the station 24/7 and run on watches which change every 12 hours
Retained – on-call retained firefighters are called to the station via pagers. Therefore, they are not always on station
Day-crewed – full-time firefighters are in the station during the day but not the night

References

^ "West Sussex 2018/19". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "West Sussex 2021/22". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

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Performance

Fire stations

See also

Other West Sussex emergency services

References

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