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Uckfield Community Fire Station

Uckfield Community Fire Station

Contact Details

Station Manager
  • Nick Oliver-Taylor
    Telephone: 0303 999 1000
Admin Support
  • Sandra Farmer
  • Telephone:0303 999 1000
Address
  • Bell Farm Road
  • Uckfield
  • East Sussex
  • TN22 1BA

Establishment

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

  • 15 Wholetime Firefighters.
  • 19 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

Table: The following table shows the appliances based at Uckfield Community Fire Station
Vehicle/DescriptionCall Sign
Extended Rescue Pump - 1:7 Foam Echo12
Multi purpose appliance that carries both firefighting and rescue equipment including dedicated hydraulic rescue tools, water safety and rescue equipment, oxygen, etc. It carries 1800 litres of water, a pump can deliver 2250 litres of water per minute with additional 1-7 Foam capability. It is also equipped with a variety of ladders including a 13.5 metre extension ladder.
Water Tender Ladder Whiskey12
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.
Dual Purpose Truck DP12
A flat bed truck provided to support the stations role as a holder and provider of foam stocks, inflatable air structure, salvage equipment etc.

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 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.

Uckfield Station Action Plan 2012-13 [pdf, 1.0M, opens in new tab]

Further Information

The present building replaced the original (1935) in Bell Farm Road in 1996.

Wholetime and retained firefighters crew two pumping appliances, a Heavy Rescue Vehicle and provide cover to a large Rural Area.

Uckfield provides support for all types Heavy Collision type incidents throughout Sussex.

Uckfield also serves the outlying villages of Maresfield, Fletching, Piltdown.

This page was last updated on 19 December 2012
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