About Portishead Fire Station

Portishead Fire Station (07), Station Road, Portishead, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7BZ.

Station Manager: James Wemyss
Year station built: 1952
Type of duty system: Retained Duty System 
Area covered by fire station: 27 square kilometres, which is mainly rural, but includes the Royal Portbury Dock complex. You can view a map of the area covered by Portishead Fire Station (PDF 907kb, opens in a new window) here.
Fire appliances: Two 1800 Litre Water Tenders

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 Portishead Station Plan 2008-09 (PDF 283kb, opens in a new window) here

Would you like to visit Portishead Fire Station?

All our 23 fire stations are available for events or station visits. Retained fire stations generally keep visits to their drill nights. Portishead's drill night is Wednesday.

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