Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service


The Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory local authority fire and rescue service covering the Isles of Scilly off the coast of the South West of England. It is the smallest fire and rescue service in the United Kingdom and the only one to be staffed entirely by retained firefighters.
The service shares management, and cooperates closely with the airport rescue and fire fighting service on St Mary's, which is the only other fire service on the Isles of Scilly.

Fire Stations and Appliances

Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service

St Mary's Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Service

Personnel

The fire service has 39 trained firefighters in the ranks of Firefighter, Crew Manager, and Watch Manager. The single Station Manager post is currently vacant and under review.
The service is led by a Chief Fire Officer. Until 2017 this was a uniformed role, but the position is now a non-uniformed role, held by the deputy chief executive of the Council of the Scilly Isles. This council officer is also responsible for the airport fire service.
The fire service also has two non-operational support staff.

Inspections

The fire service has a responsibility for domestic and commercial inspections of premises for fire safety. It carries out these inspections on the smaller islands, but contracts them on the main island, where domestic inspections are carried out by the full-time firefighters of the airport fire service, and commercial premises inspections are carried out by Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service.