Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service


Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England.
In March 2007, the Isle of Wight Council voted to maintain the independence of the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue service, instead of a merger with the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Later in February 2009, plans were announced for a three-year £8 million replacement programme changing part-time stations to full-time. The move would be done in an attempt to reduce response times to 999 alerts. It could see Ryde's fire station change to full-time, and possibly Sandown's, but part-time stations would continue to operate as normal in rural areas. The extra investment would also minimise chances of a future merger with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service on the mainland.
On a 2009 assessment by a government watchdog, the service was found to be performing well, getting a three star rating out of four, after a poor rating in 2005.

Fire Stations/Appliances

The Isle of Wight has a total of ten fire stations, one wholetime/retained, one day crew/retained and eight solely retained.
Station CallsignStation NameDuty SystemAppliancesCall SignApplianceCall outs 2011Call outs 2015
H71NewportWholetime/Retained2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x ICU, 1x HRT, 1x WRU, 3x GPV, 1x PM+x2 HVP, 1x OICH71P1, H71P2, H71S1,
H71I1, H71H1, H71PM1, H71PM2, H71V1,
H71O1		WT P1
RET P2
HRT
ALP
ICU		534
112
63
17
NA		507
76
13
12
15
H72CowesRetained1x WrLH72P1RET P16957
H73East CowesRetained1x WrL, 1x FST, 1x ICUH73P1, H73S1, H73I1RET P1
FST		66
6		61
2
H74RydeDay Crewed/Retained 2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x BASU, 1x GPV, 2x L4V, 1x PM+MDU, 1x OICH74P1, H74P2, H74S2, H74T1, H74T2, H74M1, H74O1WT P1
RET P2
RET P3
RET P4
ALP		244
54
10		246
55
3
H75BembridgeRetained1x WrLH75P1RET P13917
H76SandownRetained1x WrLH76P1RET P111862
H77ShanklinRetained1x WrLH77P1RET P1148131
H78VentnorRetained1x WrL, 1x WrCH78P1, H78W1RET P1
RET WRC		76
4		64
7
H79FreshwaterRetained1x WrL, 1x CRV, 1x WrCH79P1, H79C1, H79W1RET P1
RET WRC		41
NA		57
8
H80YarmouthRetained1x WrLH80P1RET P1
RET ICU		43
15		17
NA

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns