East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	United Kingdom
Country	England
County	East Sussex
Agency overview
Employees	~800
Chief Fire Officer	Des Prichard
Facilities and equipment
Stations	24
Website
Official website

The East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the county of East Sussex and city of Brighton and Hove. It is funded via the Council Tax.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service has 24 fire stations.

Fire Stations/Appliances

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
X92	Hove	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x PM* for 1x HVP, 1x HVHL, 1x SCM
X91	Preston Circus	Wholetime	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x ALP
X90	Roedean	Wholetime	1x ERP
X93	Eastbourne	Wholetime/Cross Crewed*	1x WrL, 1x CARP, 1x IRU*
X76	Hastings, Bohemia Rd	Wholetime	1x ERP, 1x ALP, 1x FESU
X75	The Ridge	Wholetime	1x ERP, 1x L4T
X88	Barcombe	Retained	1x ERP
X89	Lewes	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x TRU*
X87	Newhaven	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x BFU*, 1x MIV*
X86	Seaford	Retained	1x ERP, 1x L4T
X72	Battle	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x TRU*, 1x RRU*
X73	Bexhill	Wholetime/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x RRU*, 1x ICU
X71	Broad Oak	Retained	1x ERP
X74	Burwash	Retained	1x ERP
X70	Rye	Retained	1x ERP, 1x WrL
X83	Crowborough	Day Crewed/Cross Crewed*	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x L4T, 1x ARU*
X85	Forest Row	Retained	1x ERT
X80	Hailsham	Retained	1x ERP
X82	Heathfield	Retained	1x ERP, 1x L4T
X79	Herstmonceux	Retained	1x ERP
X81	Mayfield	Retained	1x ERP
X77	Pevensey	Retained	1x ERP
X84	Uckfield	Day Crewed/Retained/Cross Crewed*	1x ERP, 1x WrL, 1x WrC*, 1x DRT*
X78	Wadhurst	Retained	1x ERP, 1x L4T

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

• Extended Rescue Pump (ERP): P1/P5
• Water Tender Ladder (WrL): P4
• Combined Aerial Rescue Pump (CARP): P6
• Water Carrier (WrC): W1
• Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A6
• Incident Command Unit (ICU): C1
• Light 4x4 Tender (L4T): M1
• Technical Rescue Unit (TRU): R1
• Rope Rescue Unit (RRU): R2
• Animal Rescue Unit (ARU): R3
• Bulk Foam Unit (BFU): S1
• Duel Role Truck (DRT): S1
• Marine Response Vehicle (MRV): S2
• Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU): S6
• Prime Mover (PM): T9

pods:

• High Volume Pump (HVP)
• High Volume Hose Layer (HVHL)
• Strategic Command Module (SCM)

CBRN Response:

• Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

References

See also

• Fire service in the United Kingdom
• Firefighter
• Smoke detector

Other East Sussex Emergency Services

• Sussex Police
• South East Coast Ambulance Service