Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service
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| Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service | |
 Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service area |
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| Area | Hertfordshire |
| Size | 634 miles² (1,643 km²) |
| Population | 1.5 Million |
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| Formed | 1925 |
| HQ | Hertford |
| Staff | 1,000 |
| Stations | 30 |
| Website | Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Fire Authority | Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service |
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. In December 2005, the FRS dealt with what is thought to be the largest fire since World War II following an explosion at the Buncefield oil dept.
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[edit] Assistance to flooded areas
During the June/July 2007 floods in South Yorkshire , Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service sent out a crew from Welwyn Garden City to aid South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service[1] in pumping out water from the Ulley Reservoir near to Rotherham the Hertfordshire FRS provided one High Volume Pump to complete the job as well as helping out in a number of towns and villages including: Rotherham, Barnsley, Bentley and Toll Bar, and on the outskirts of Doncaster. The FRS motto is "Working to protect, acting to save.
[edit] Stations
- Baldock and Letchworth
- Berkhamsted
- Bishops Stortford
- Borehamwood
- Buntingford
- Bushey
- Cheshunt
- Garston
- Harpenden
- Hatfield
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hertford
- Hitchin
- Hoddesdon
- Kings Langley
- Markyate
- Much Hadham
- Potters Bar
- Redbourn
- Rickmansworth
- Royston
- Sawbridgeworth
- St Albans (community fire station)
- Stevenage
- Tring
- Ware
- Watford
- Welwyn
- Welwyn Garden City
- Wheathampstead
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