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Station Manager is Nick Honor
Drill nights for Beaconsfield Fire Station's retained firefighters are held on Wednesdays, starting at 7.30pm. |
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Beaconsfield Fire Station is unique in the county because it houses both firefighting appliances and Urban Search and Rescue vehicles. This produces an enhanced capability for both South Buckinghamshire and the Thames Valley as a whole to all incidents from the smallest fire to large transportation incidents and complicated rescues.
The firefighting appliances consist of a Rescue Pump crewed by wholetime firefighters and a Water Tender crewed by part-time Retained Duty System firefighters. There are 12 designated Search and Rescue technicians and a total of three prime movers and five modules which make up the whole unit.
The station is committed to the safety of the Beaconsfield area and carries out Home Fire Risk Checks, demonstrations, attendance at local fetes and school visits and structured presentations to put across this message.
Our work includes liaising with groups who are known to be more vulnerable to fires and to give advice and fit smoke detectors where appropriate. There is a Community Safety Partnership Manager on site who provides a focus and coordinates our activities with those of other agencies.
The present Fire Station opened in 1976. Initially a day crewed station it now houses a total of 28 wholetime firefighters, 12 designated Search and Rescue technicians, 10 part time firefighters, a Community Safety Partnership Manager, two support staff and the Station Manager.
The area served by the Fire Station lies between the Chiltern Hills to the north and the River Thames, bordering Royal Berkshire, to the south.
Beaconsfield is a market town set in the commuter belt. The surrounding areas are predominantly rural, including the villages of Burnham, Taplow, Jordans, Sear Green, Wooburn Green, Wooburn Moor, Bourne End, Penn, Loudwater, Flackwell Heath, Hedgerley, Farnham Common and Farnham Royal. The principal life risk is the M40 motorway.
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