About Yate Fire Station
Yate Fire Station (03), Station Road, Yate, Bristol BS37
4AL.
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Previously operating as a day crewing station, Yate fire station
became AF&RS's 11th Wholetime shift station when it was
upgraded on 1 January 2009.
The station now operates a four watch system with wholetime
firefighters on duty at the station 24 hours a day seven days a
week. In addition the station is also covered by firefighters
on the Retained Duty System who attend emergency incidents and
carry out community fire safety activities, in support of their
wholetime colleagues.
Station Manager: Steven Kendrick
Year station built: 1969
Type of duty system: Wholetime and Retained
Duty Systems.
Area covered by fire station: 156 square
kilometres of mainly rural area, about 10% of which
is built-up, including the Murco Petroleum Railhead Terminal. You
can view a map of the area covered by Yate Fire Station
(PDF 206kb, opens in a new window) here.
Fire appliances: Two 1800 Litre Water Tenders and
one Command Support Unit.
Other information: The
station includes the South Gloucestershire Fire Safety
Office and a Community Safety
Centre.
Our station plan
All Avon Fire & Rescue Service stations produce an Annual
Station Plan, designed to inform the public of the actions and
activities we will be undertaking to make your community safer.
View the Yate Station Plan 2009-11 (PDF 589kb, opens in a
new window)
Community Safety Centre
Yate Fire Station has a Community Safety Centre. Here you can
find free internet access, free meeting facilities for community
groups and much more.
Find out
more about Community Safety Centres here, or call 0117
9262061 extension 8250 for information.
Would you like to visit Yate Fire Station?
All our 23 fire stations are available for events and station
visits. The hours we like to keep within are; morning visits
11:00am - 12 noon, afternoon visits 2pm - 3pm or after 6pm.
For station visits, we do have a restriction on numbers
of about 20 per visit, so please give us a call if you have
any queries on 0117 9262061 extension 477/478, or fill in the
online
station visit request form. Please specify which
station you would like to
visit.
Alternatively you can
send a letter requesting a visit to:
Visits, Avon Fire & Rescue Service, Community Safety, Cleveland
Bridge, Bath, BA2 6PU