East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (ESFRS) is the
statutory
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fire and rescue
A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...
service for the county of
East Sussex and city of
Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove () is a city and unitary authority in East Sussex, England. It consists primarily of the settlements of Brighton and Hove, alongside neighbouring villages.
Often referred to synonymously as Brighton, the City of Brighton and H ...
, England. It is headquartered in
Lewes. The service has a total of 24 fire stations.
Performance
In 2018/2019, every fire and rescue service in
England and Wales
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was subjected to a statutory inspection by
(HIMCFRS). The inspection investigated how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:
Fire stations
ESFRS operates 24
fire station
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s that are divided into three groups: West Group, Central Group, and East Group.
The fire stations are crewed by wholetime
firefighters,
retained firefighter
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s, or a combination of both.
See also
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Fire service in the United Kingdom
The fire services in the United Kingdom operate under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Emergency cover is provided by over fifty agencies. These are officially known as a ...
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Smoke detector
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List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty
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Other East Sussex emergency services
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Sussex Police
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South East Coast Ambulance Service
The South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is the NHS ambulance services trust for south-eastern England, covering Kent (including Medway), Surrey, West Sussex and East Sussex (including Brighton and Hove). It also co ...
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Brighton Lifeboat Station
Brighton Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station located in the town of Brighton in the English county of East Sussex in the United Kingdom. It was originally established in 1825 as an all-weather lifeboat stat ...
References
External links
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East Sussex Fire and Rescue Serviceat
HMICFRS
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), formerly Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), has statutory responsibility for the inspection of the police forces of England and Wales, and since ...
Fire and rescue services of England
Fire
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At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames a ...
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