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East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service
Achieving safer and more sustainable communities
Boroughs & Community Fire Stations
Your Community Fire Stations
Heathfield Community Fire Station
Contact Details
Station Manager-
Nigel Cusack
Telephone: 0303 999 1000
- Sandra Farmer
- Telephone:0303 999 1000
- High Street
- Heathfield
- East Sussex
- TN21 0UP
Establishment
The Establishment is the number of posts required to make the Station fully resourced. This Station has an establishment of:-
- 18 Retained units.
Note: A Retained unit may be filled by more than one Retained firefighter depending upon the number hours that the firefighter can commit to.
The Retained Firefighters Drill night is Monday at 19.00 hrs.
Appliances
| Vehicle/Description | Call Sign |
|---|---|
| Extended Rescue Pump | Echo21 |
| Volvo Extended Rescue Pump carrying a variety of ladders including a 13.5 metre ladder, 1800 litres water and a pump capable of supplying 2250 litres/min. It is a multi purpose appliance carrying a large amount of equipment including dedicated hydraulic rescue tools, water safety and rescue equipment, oxygen, etc. | |
| Landrover L4T | Xray21 |
| Landrover 4 x 4 Forest firefighting vehicle with 800 litres water and lightweight pump. It provides Off Road Fire-Fighting Support to any Station in East Sussex. | |
Risks
The Fire Service Emergency Cover Software (FSEC) Map [pdf, 848K, opens in new tab] provides a graphically breakdown of the Risks for this Station Area.
An explanation of how to use this Map is available on the FSEC Map Cover Note [pdf, 203K, opens in new tab].
The Fire Service Emergency Cover Software combines the following information to determine our "Planned Response".
- Risk to Life.
- Risk to the Built and Natural environment.
- The 2001 Census.
- Demographic people profiles.
- Information from the road network.
The Planned Response will consist of a combination of :
- Prevention - Fire Safety Education,outreach and intervention.
- Protection - Educate and promote fire safety.
- Response - Reactive Emergency actions.
The Risks are classified into five levels listed below:
- Red - Very High Risk Areas
- Orange - High Risk Areas
- Yellow - Medium Risk Areas
- Blue - Low Risk Areas
- Green - Very Low Risk Areas
The areas of risk are mapped out to include a set number of households and this often results in detailed risk catchments for inner City areas and larger risk catchments where houses are adjacent to open/rural spaces.
Station Safety Plan
Each Station Area has its own particular mix of risks and problems and tools such as FSEC help to identify and quantify these Risks.
This results in specific aims and objectives per station which are incorporated into the Station Action Plan.
The Station Action Plan highlights performance over the last year and the borough targets to which this station contributes for this year.
Healthfield Station Safety Plan 2011-12 [pdf, 1.4M, opens in new tab]
Further Information
Heathfield has one pumping appliance and one 4x4 support vehicle crewed by Retained Firefighters.
Formed in 1923/24 by ten local volunteers called the Heathfield and Waldron Fire Brigade. Heathfield was one of the first Stations built after the War with the extension of a lecture room etc plus tower and drill yard soon after. The Station is geographically in the centre of East Sussex.
Encompassing the town with its 225 hectares, Heathfield Station also covers a further 8,675 hectares containing the villages of Broad Oak, Cross in Hand, Horam, Punnetts Town, Waldron, Three Cups and part of Dallington, Rushlake Green, Hadlow Down and Burwash Common, Maynards Green, Cade Street and Warbleton.