Fire Service Co-Responder
Seventeen Fire Services work with nine Ambulance Services to provide emergency medical cover in areas that have been identified as having a greater need for ambulance cover. The aim of a co-responder team is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an ambulance. Co-responder vehicles are equipped with oxygen and automatic external defibrillation (AED) equipment.
First Responder schemes are individuals in a community who when a medical emergency occurs can be called upon by the ambulance service to provide medical assistance until an ambulance arrives. Whilst this is similar to the role of the Fire Service in a Co-Responder role, they are different.
Fire Services that run as Co-Responders in England
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS)
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS)
The station that run as co-responders:
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS)
The 20 stations that run as co-responders:
- Bardney
- Billingborough
- Billinghay
- Binbrook
- Bourne
- Brant Broughton
- Corby Glen
- Crowland
- Grantham
- Holbeach
- Horncastle
- Kirton
- Leverton
- Long Sutton
- Louth
- Market Deeping
- Spilsby
- Stamford
- Woodhall Spa
- Wragby
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS)
The stations that run as co-responders:
- Guilsborough
- Long Buckby
- Burton Latimer
- Rothwell
- Desborough
- Thrapston
- Raunds
- Oundle
- Irthlingborough
- Towcester
- Brackley
- Daventry
- Brixworth
- Earls Barton
- Woodford Halse
- Kettering
Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS)
The 6 stations that run as co-responders:
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
The 17 Stations that run as Emergency First Responders:
- Pocklington
- Market Weighton
- Brough
- Bridlington
- Driffield
- Hornsea
- Withernsea
- Goole
- Snaith
- Howden
- Hull
- Beverley
- Grimsby
- Crowle
- Kirton Lindsey
- Winterton
- Epworth
South Western Ambulance Service (SWAS)
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS)
The 12 stations that run as co-responders:
- Malmesbury
- Cricklade
- Wootton Bassett
- Ramsbury
- Pewsey
- Ludgershall
- Tisbury
- Mere
- Warminster
- Melksham
- Westbury
- Bradford on Avon
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS)
Cleveland Fire Brigade (CFB)
The 4 stations that run as co-responders:
North West Ambulance Service (NWAS)
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS)
The stations that run as co-responders:
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS)
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS)
The station that run as co-responders:
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS)
The stations that run as Co responders:
- Alresford
- Andover
- Bordon
- Botley
- Hamble
- Hartley Wintney
- Horndean
- Hythe
- Liphook
- Lymington
- New Milton
- Petersfield
- Ringwood
- Romsey
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (OFRS)
The 3 stations that run as co-responders:
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb)
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (KWSFRS)
Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS)
The 6 stations that run as co-responders:
South Western Ambulance Service (SWAST)[1]
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS)
The 3 stations that run as co-responders:
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS)
Co-responder stations have got a dedicated vehicle for Co-responder calls. The new vehicle known as the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), replaces the fire appliance from going, providing there are enough crew still on duty to allow the fire appliance to remain available.
The 20 stations that run as co-responders:
- Axminster
- Chagford
- Cheddar
- Chulmleigh
- Combe Martin
- Crediton
- Dawlish
- Dulverton
- Hartland
- Hatherleigh
- Holsworthy
- Ivybridge
- Lynton
- Moretonhampstead
- Nether Stowey
- Porlock
- Princetown
- Seaton
- Williton
- Woolacombe
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS)
The 2 stations that run as co-responders:
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS)
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)
The stations that run as co-responders:
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS)
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS)
Emergency First Response stations have got a dedicated vehicle for attending medical calls. The new vehicle known as the Emergency First Response Vehicle(EFR), utilises the spare capacity at identified on-call fire stations
The 12 stations that run as Emergency First Responders:
- Beverley
- Brough
- Driffield
- Goole
- Hornsea
- Howden
- Patrington
- Market Weighton
- Pocklington
- Snaith
- Withernsea
- Bridlington
Fire Services that run as Co-Responders in Wales
Welsh Ambulance Service (WAS)
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MWWFRS)
The 14 stations that run as co-responders:
- Montgomery
- Llanfyllin
- Llanwrtyd Wells
- Hay-on-Wye
- Presteigne
- Tregaron
- Aberaeron
- Lampeter
- Cardigan
- Narberth
- Crymych
- Reynoldston
- Newcastle Emlyn
- Llandysul
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS)
Fire Services that might run as Co-Responders in England
These are fire services that may or not run Co-Responders
- East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (ESFRS)
- Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS)
- Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS)
- Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS)
- Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS)
- Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)
- Surrey Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)
- Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS)
- Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service (WFRS)
- West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (WSFRS)
- Humberside Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS)
Fire Services that might run as Co-Responders in Wales
Fire Services that might run as Co-Responders in Scotland
Fire Services that do not run as Co-Responders in England
- Avon Fire and Rescue Service (AFRS)
- Bedfordshire and Luton Fire and Rescue Service (BLFRS)
- Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS)
- Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) Peterborough (PVFB)
- Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS)
- County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS)
- Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS)
- Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS)
- Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS)
- Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS)
- Humberside Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS)
- Isles of Scilly Fire and Rescue Service (ISFRS)
- Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service (IWFRS)
- London Fire Brigade (LFB)
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS)
- Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS)
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS)
- Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)
- West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS)
- West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS)