About Shoreham Community Fire Station
Official Facebook page for Shoreham Community Fire Station, West Sussex.
Shoreham Community Fire Station Description
Shoreham Community Fire Station, West Sussex (Station 57) is Day Crewed Monday to Friday, supported by our Retained Duty System (RDS) colleagues and solely RDS during the evenings and weekends.
The Fire & Rescue Service in West Sussex is fully integrated within the County Council, and Firefighters work alongside colleagues in Public Health, Community Safety, Trading Standards and Resilience & Emergencies to help communities become safer, stronger and more resilient. They also work closely with other emergency services to reduce risks wherever possible and plan their response to incidents including road traffic collisions, terrorism, or the threat from flooding and weather related disruptions.
Some initiatives we are involved in are:
- Safe and Well visits, ensuring our most vulnerable have working smoke alarms and sign post them to other services that may be able to support them.
- Road Safety Initiatives such as Choices, Impact, Scooter Safe and Safe Drive Stay Alive.
- Make a Difference Day, this is a local initiative where local community groups can get in touch and ask for our help with a community lead project. An example of this was with Eastbrook Primary, where along with their students we cleared their allotments ready to plant fruit and vegetables; supporting health and well being in young people.
Crewing models -
The Day Crew Wholetime (W /T) Firefighters are on duty from 0700-1900hrs Mon - Fri.
RDS personnel respond to alerters (pagers) 24 /7. They must be within 4 minutes away from the Fire Station to respond to emergency calls. RDS train every Monday from 1900-2200hrs
Appliances -
We have four appliances which are crewed by both W /T and RDS:
57P1 - Water Tender Fire Engine WrL
57P2 - Water Tender Fire Engine WrL
57S1 - Breathing Apparatus Support Unit BASU
57M1 - Known as the L4T an for off road use used to deal with fires in areas fire engines cannot access.
Abbreviations -
HR = Hose Reel. Water jet used for smaller Fires
BA = Breathing Apparatus Self contained Breathing apparatus
PPV = Positive Pressure Ventilation. Fan used to Disperse Smoke
Hyd = Fire Hydrant
Reviews
We managed to get some FF development training in this morning before the arrival of storm Dennis. Heavy rain and winds are forecast for this afternoon into tomorrow. Stay safe!
Crews have just returned from an RTC. Thankfully no one was injured but the outcome could have been much worse. Drive safe and if you’ve have had a drink, take a taxi home.
Take care over the next few days as we expect some severe storm weather 🚒
Thankyou to the crew at shoreham airport for showing us around on a familiarisation visit today ✈️
After a busy week of calls, our on call crew spent Sunday morning training and familiarising with new pieces of equipment. We are recruiting for on call firefighters at shoreham. If you’re interested, get in touch :)
A lovely evening for some open water pumping practice and our annual fitness test outside tonight 😎 We are recruiting for on call firefighters to provide daytime, evening and weekend cover. If you’re interested, get in touch
BA confined space & communications exercise. Followed by a familiarisation visit to power station 💪🏼🚒
Congratulations to Firefighter Dan Shepherd and Firefighter Adam Christian on passing their final 24 month assessments over the past 2 weeks. Thanks also to our colleagues at Henfield fire station for joining us tonight. Always good to train with our neighbouring stations 🚒
Are you interested in becoming an on call firefighter? We are recruiting now!
Current campaign @Shoreham Community Fire Station. “Speeding is not a game”. Thanks to Lee Smith for his inspiration & hard work (+ helpers). 🚒
Shoreham Fire Station Car Wash team 2019. We raised £1052 for FF Charity. Thanks all for your efforts & to everyone that came & donated. See you next year 😉🧽💦🚒💪🏼🧽💦
Car wash in full swing. £600 raised so far for FF Charity. Please pop along to help us raise more 💦🧽🚒💪🏼
We’re ready to wash your car today, come down and help us raise funds for the firefighters charity :)
Come on down today! We’re ready to wash your motors
Huge thanks to the Sussex sign company for donating this for our charity car wash. Come down tomorrow from 10am and the crew will wash your vehicle in exchange for a donation to the firefighters charity 🚒😃
It’s our charity car wash this Saturday 10am-2pm bring your motor down and we will clean it in return for a donation to the firefighters charity 🚒
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We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!
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If it’s got wheels, bring it down to Shoreham fire station this Saturday 10am-2pm and we will give it a clean! All donations will go to the firefighters charity to help support firefighters and their families.
Charity car wash this Saturday 18th May @Shoreham fire station 10am-2pm
Joint training last night between henfield and shoreham crews at a local derelict site. #alwaysready