Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service area
Coverage
Area	Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Swansea.
Size	4,500 square miles (11,700 km2)
Population	867,400
Operations
Formed	1996
HQ	Carmarthen
Staff	1,400
Stations	57
Co-responder	14 Stations
Chief Fire Officer	Richard Smith
Deputy Chief Fire Officer	{{{DCFO}}}
Website	Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Fire authority	Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority
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The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the Welsh principal areas of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea.

The service was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the earlier Dyfed, Powys and West Glamorgan fire brigades ^[1].

The service is the largest by area in England and Wales ^[2] covering a predominantly rural area of 4,500 square miles (11,700 km²) and the third largest in the United Kingdom behind the Highland and Islands and Northern Ireland fire services. It has 57 fire stations, and around 1,400 staff.

The fire authority which administers the service is a joint-board, made up of councillors appointed from Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea councils.

Fire stations

Fire stations of the M&WWFRS are located in the following places ^[2] They are a mixture of full time, part time, retained and volunteer stations.

Aberaeron Abercrave Aberystwyth Ammanford Brecon Builth Wells Cardigan Carmarthen Crickhowell Crymych Cymmer Earlswood Fishguard Glynneath Gorseinon Haverfordwest Hay-on-Wye Kidwelly Knighton Lampeter Llandeilo Llandovery Llandrindod Wells Llandysul Llanelli Llanfair Caereinion Llanfyllin Llanidloes

Machynlleth Milford Haven Montgomery Morriston Narberth Neath New Quay Newcastle Emlyn Newtown Pembroke Dock Pontardawe Pontarddulais Pontyates Port Talbot Presteigne Reynoldston Rhayader Seven Sisters St Davids Swansea Central Swansea West Talgarth Tenby Tregaron Tumble Welshpool Whitland

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ About us From official website
2. ^ ^{a b} Station location map From official website