Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is a statutory emergency fire and rescue service covering the local authority areas of Wiltshire, Swindon, Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in England.[1]
Operational area | |
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Country | England |
County | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Address | Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre, Hulse Road, Salisbury, SP1 3NR |
Agency overview | |
Established | 1 April 2016 (1 April 2016) |
Annual budget | £54.8 million (2016) |
Fire chief | Ben Ansell |
Motto | "passionate about changing and saving lives" |
Facilities and equipment | |
Stations | 50 |
Website | |
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The service was created on 1 April 2016 by the merger of Dorset Fire and Rescue Service and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.[1] Its headquarters is at Salisbury, Wiltshire, some 10 miles (16 km) from the Dorset county boundary. The former headquarters at Poundbury, Dorset, and Potterne, Wiltshire, are retained as area offices;[2] emergency calls for the combined area have been answered by a control centre at Potterne since August 2015.[3]
Provision of the service is by the Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority, which has 18 elected members from all four constituent councils and is chaired by Dorset councillor Rebecca Knox.[4]
In September 2016, Ben Ansell was appointed as the service's second Chief Fire Officer, succeeding Darran Gunter with effect from December 2016.[5]