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East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service
Achieving safer and more sustainable communities
Boroughs & Community Fire Stations
Your Community Fire Stations
Preston Circus Community Fire Station
Contact Details
Station Manager-
Tony Gurr
Telephone: 0303 999 1000
- Janice Beckett (AM)
- Telephone:0303 999 1000
- London Road
- Brighton
- East Sussex
- BN1 4NZ
Establishment
The Establishment is the number of posts required to make the Station fully resourced. This Station has an establishment of:-
- 61 Wholetime Firefighters.
Appliances
| Vehicle/Description | Call Sign |
|---|---|
| Aerial Ladder Platform | Hotel04 |
| This is a multi-purpose firefighting and rescue vehicle that can deliver a safe working platform up to 32 metres and is capable of delivering 2900 litres of water per minute. | |
| Extended Rescue Pump | Echo04 |
| 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 | Whiskey04 |
| Multi purpose appliance that carries both firefighting and rescue equipment. It carries 1800 litres of water and a pump that can deliver 2250 litres of water per minute. | |
Risks
The Fire Service Emergency Cover Software (FSEC) Map [pdf, 843K, 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 Action 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.
Preston Circus Station Action Plan 2012-13 [pdf, 1.4M, opens in new tab]
Further Information
The present building replaced the original in Preston Circus in 1938.
Wholetime firefighters crew two pumping appliances and an Aerial Ladder Platform, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provide cover for the City of Brighton and support Roedean Fire Station in the east of the city, an area of approximately 5200 hectares.
Premises of note are the Royal Pavillion, the Lanes and the Palace Pier as well as a highly densely populated area of large converted Victorian houses.
The Aerial ladder platform provides service wide assistance.