which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the previous fire brigades of
. It covers an area of around 1000 square miles (2,590 km²) with a population of around 1.5 million .
which runs the service is a joint-board made up of councillors from the ten principal areas covered by the service.
SWFRS fire stations are a mixture of full time, day crewed and retained stations. They are located in the following places :
Wholetime
- 20 Barry (Water Tender Ladder (x2), Hydraulic Platform, Special Rescue Unit, Water Bowser)
- 22 Penarth
Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, 5.2 miles south west from the city centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...
(Water Tender Ladder, Chemical Incident Unit)
- 33 New Inn
New Inn is a village and community of approximately 3,000 households located to the south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.- Location :...
(Water Tender Ladder, Chemical Incident Unit, High Volume Pump)
- 45 Malpas
Malpas is an electoral district and coterminous community parish of the city of Newport, South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.- Boundaries :...
(Water Tender Ladder, Road/Rail Incident Unit, Technical Rescue Unit, Heavy Rescue Tender, Water Rescue Unit, RIB Rescue Boat)
- 46 Maindee
Maindee is a large inner-city area in the city of Newport, South Wales.It lies mostly within the electoral district and community of Victoria, although some areas traditionally associated with Maindee are in the Beechwood ward....
(Water Tender Ladder, Hydraulic Platform, )
- 47 Duffryn
Duffryn is a large council housing housing estate in the southwest of the city of Newport, Wales comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district . Built on land belonging to Tredegar House , it was completed in 1978 and at the time won several awards for its design...
(Water Rescue Ladder, Special Rescue Unit)
- 49 Whitchurch
Whitchurch is a suburb in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is approximately 3 miles north of the centre of the city on the A470 road and A4054 road. Its estimated population as of 2004 was 15,649. It falls within the Whitchurch & Tongwynlais ward.-History:Whitchurch draws its name from...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit, Foam Tender Unit)
- 50 Roath
Roath is a district in the east/north-east of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.It lies just east/north east of the city centre, stretching from Adamsdown in the south to Roath Park in the north. Roath contains the Plasnewydd electoral ward. The name is believed to originate from Irish ráth,...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 51 Cardiff Central
Cardiff city centre is the central business district of Cardiff, Wales. The area is tightly bounded by the River Taff to the west, the Civic centre to the north and railway lines and two railway stations - Central and Queen Street - to the south and east respectively...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), Hydraulic Platform)
- 52 Ely
Ely is a community primarily dominated by council housing in western Cardiff, capital of Wales.-The Roman era:In Roman times, Ely was the site of a Roman villa, near the old racecourse...
(Water Tender, Rescue Tender)
Wholetime/Retained
- 1 Bridgend
Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), Rescue Tender, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 8 Maesteg
Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot. In 2001, Maesteg had a population of 17,859, but it is now at an estimate of 20,000....
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit, Water Bowser)
- 10 Tonypandy
Tonypandy is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. A former industrial coal mining town, today Tonypandy is best known as the site of the Tonypandy Riots....
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit,argocat 8x8 wildfire vehicle, Breathing Apparatus Support Unit)
- 15 Pontypridd
Pontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), Heavy Rescue Tender, 4x4 Pump Unit, Water Bowser)
- 17 Aberdare
Aberdare is an industrial town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Dare and Cynon. The population at the census was 31,705...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit, ArgoCat 8x8 vehicle, Hose Laying Unit, Foam Tender, Water Bowser)
- 24 Caerphilly
Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, located at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000. It is a commuter town of Cardiff and Newport, which are located some 7.5 miles and 12 miles away, respectively...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit, Breathing Apparatus Support Unit, Water Bowser)
- 26 Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit, Rescue Tender, Hydraulic Platform)
- 29 Cefn Forest (Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 32 Cwmbran
Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), Control Unit, Water Bowser, Mass Decontamination Unit)
Day Crewed
- 4 Cowbridge
Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, approximately west of Cardiff. Cowbridge is twinned with Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique department in northwestern France.-Roman times:...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 30 Abercarn
Abercarn is a small town community in Caerphilly county borough, Wales, 10 miles north-west of Newport on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.-History:...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit, Chemical Incident Unit)
- 35 Abertillery
Abertillery is a town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, north-west of Newport, originally on the Great Western Railway. Its population rose steeply during the period of mining development in South Wales, being 10,846 in the 1891 census and 21,945 ten years later...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit, Rescue Tender, Breathing Apparatus Support Unit)
- 37 Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River, south Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough...
(Water Tender Ladder, Rescue Tender, Rope Rescue Unit)
- 44 Caldicot
Caldicot is a small town in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales, located between Chepstow and Newport, just off the busy M4 / M48 motorway corridor. The site adjoins the Caldicot Levels, on the north side of the Severn estuary. Caldicot has easy access by motorway and rail to Cardiff, and across the...
(Water Tender Ladder, Road/Rail Incident Unit, 4x4 Rail Incident Unit)
Retained
- 2 Porthcawl
Porthcawl is a town on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles southeast of Swansea...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 3 Kenfig Hill
Pyle is a village and community in Bridgend county borough, Wales. Pyle railway station is on the Cardiff - Swansea section of the London - South Wales main line....
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 5 Pencoed
Pencoed , is a town in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom, mid-way between Wales's two largest cities of Cardiff and Swansea.Lying on the Ewenny River it has a population of around 11,000...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 6 Ogmore Vale
Ogmore Vale is a village in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales on the River Ogmore.The village's main source of income came from coal mining. Up until the year 1865, the Ogmore valley was a quiet, isolated, rural hill farming community of less than ten farms and a few cottages...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 7 Pontycymmer (Water Tender Ladder)
- 9 Treorchy
Treorchy is a village, although it used to be and still has characteristics of a town, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr valley...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 11 Ferndale (Water Tender Ladder)
- 12 Porth
Porth is a town and a community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Valley and is regarded as the gateway to the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach valleys because both valleys meet at Porth...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 13 Gilfach Goch
Gilfach Goch is a small former coal mining village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales, near the larger community of Tonyrefail in the Ogmore Valley....
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 14 Pontyclun
Pontyclun is a village in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is served by the South Wales Main Line and has its own local rugby union club...
(Water Tender Ladder, Control Unit)
- 16 Hirwaun
Hirwaun is the name of a village at the northwest end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. The village of Hirwaun is from the town of Aberdare, and comes under Aberdare for postal reasons...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 18 Abercynon
Abercynon is a small village in the Cynon Valley in Mid Glamorgan, Wales. The unitary authority is now known as Rhondda Cynon Taff. It is composed of the village of Abercynon itself,Carnetown,Glancynon,Park View and Pontcynon. However, in recent years the sign to show motorists they are entering...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 19 Llantwit Major
Llantwit Major is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast. A small stream, the Afon Col-huw, runs through the town.-Local government:...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 23 Bargoed
Bargoed is a town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River in the county borough of Caerphilly and straddles ancient boundary of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. 'Greater Bargoed', as defined by the local authority Caerphilly County Borough Council,...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 25 Treharris
Treharris is a small town and community in the Taff Bargoed Valley in the south of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. It is located around 1 km west of Trelewis, from which it is separated by the Taff Bargoed river, and 1.5 km from Nelson in Caerphilly county borough and...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 27 Tredegar
Tredegar is a town situated on the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in south-east Wales. Located within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 28 Rhymney
Rhymney is a town and a community located in the county borough of Caerphilly in south-east Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. Along with the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the 'Upper Rhymney Valley' by the local...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 31 Risca
Risca is a town of approximately 11,500 people in South Wales, within the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is today part of the Newport conurbation , though it is not a Ward of Newport City Council...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 34 Abersychan
Abersychan is a settlement and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It has a population of 6,826.It lies in the narrow northern section of the Afon Lwyd valley...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 36 Blaina
Blaina is a small town, situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the unitary authority of Blaenau Gwent, ancient parish of Aberystruth, preserved county of Gwent and historic county of Monmouthshire.-Notable people:...
(Water Tender Ladder)
- 38 Brynmawr
Brynmawr is a market town in Blaenau Gwent, south Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at 1,250 to 1,500 feet above sea level and nestled at the head of the South Wales Valleys...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 39 Blaenavon
Blaenavon is a town and World Heritage Site in south eastern Wales, lying at the source of the Afon Lwyd north of Pontypool, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. The town lies high on a hillside and has a population of 6,349 people...
(Water Tender Ladder, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 40 Abergavenny
Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...
(Water Tender Ladder, Rescue Tender, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 41 Monmouth
Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....
(Water Tender Ladder, Rescue Tender, 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 42 Usk
Usk is a small town in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated 10 miles northeast of Newport.The River Usk flows through the town and is spanned by an ancient, arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. A castle above the town overlooks the ancient Anglo-Welsh border crossing - the river can...
(Water Tender Ladder (x2), 4x4 Pump Unit)
- 43 Chepstow
Chepstow is a town in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the River Wye, close to its confluence with the River Severn, and close to the western end of the Severn Bridge on the M48 motorway...
(Water Tender Ladder, Rescue Tender, 4x4 Pump Unit) |
The SWFRS was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994