Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was the county-wide,

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emergency

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service for the ceremonial county of

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, England between 1948 and 2016. Created in 1948 from a number of smaller more local fire brigades, until 1997 the service was a division of

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. After 1997, when the Borough of Swindon was separated from the county of Wiltshire to become a new

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, the service was administered by a

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of thirteen members, nine appointed by

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and four by Swindon Borough Council, called the Wiltshire and Swindon Combined Fire Authority. The members were appointed annually. The fire and rescue service's headquarters was at Manor House, Potterne, near

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, where there was also a training centre. With effect from 1 April 2016, the service was merged into the new

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References

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Official website
{{UK fire service Defunct fire and rescue services of England Organisations based in Wiltshire

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