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Hove Community Fire Station

• Contact Details
• Establishment
• Appliances
• Risks
• Action Plan
• Further Information

• Friends of Hove Fire Station pages.

Contact Details

Station Manager

• Tony McCord
  Telephone: 0303 999 1000

Admin Support

• Theresa Elvin
  
• Telephone:0303 999 1000

Address

• English Close
• Hove
• East Sussex
• BN3 7EE

Establishment

The Establishment is the number of posts required to make the Station fully resourced. This Station has an establishment of:-

• 53 wholetime firefighters.

Appliances

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Table: The following table shows the appliances based at Hove Community Fire Station

Vehicle/Description	Call Sign
Extended Rescue Pump
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.
Water Tender Ladder - 1:7 Foam	Whiskey02
Multi purpose appliance that carries both firefighting and rescue equipment. It carries 1800 litres of water, a pump that can deliver 2250 litres of water per minute with additional 1:7 Foam capability.
High Volume Pump
A High Volume Pump (HVP) appliance consists of a Prime Mover (chassis, cab and hook-lift) and two de-mountable containers. The first container holds the de-mountable HVP known as a Hydrosub and one kilometre of 150mm hose. The second container holds a further two kilometres of 150mm hose. The Hydrosub is a hydraulically powered unit that can deliver a flow of up to 7,000 litres of water per minute and can pump up to a head of 60 metres. The appliance is for flooding and firefighting incidents.

Risks

The Fire Service Emergency Cover Software (FSEC) Map [pdf, 683K, 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.

Hove Station Safety Plan 2011-12 [pdf, 1.1M, opens in new tab]

Further Information

Hove Fire Station moved to the current building in English Close 1976 from a building in Hove Street used since 1927.

Wholetime crew two pumping appliances 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provide cover for Hove and Portslade, an area of approximately 2386 hectares. Hove also supports Brighton, Lewes and Shoreham (West Sussex) stations.

Recently Hove has taken delivery of a high volume-pumping appliance to assist in Resilience issues. This is Pod based with a prime mover chassis.

The Station has a long history and actively encourages contact with past colleagues and those interested in the Station. Further details are available on the Friends of Hove Fire Station Page.