Surrey Fire and Rescue Service – Farnham.

It was a great privilege for Suzanne and I to meet Chief Fire Officer, Dan Quin, at the Farnham Fire Station. Accompanied by David Nolan, Area Commander and Kerry Doyle, we were given the opportunity to see the incredible work undertaken by the Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. Very little of their daily call-outs relate to domestic or commercial fires. Road traffic accidents, wild fires and flood risks are the main reasons for their deployment. We saw a real-time asset deployment computer model which showed how their resources are constantly being redeployed across the County as a result of incidents arising. We then viewed the station and the fire trucks standing in full readiness. The aim is for the fire crew to be in the vehicles fully attired within 75 seconds of a mobilisation order which is incredible; and assets are held across the County to ensure that most areas can be reached within 10 minutes.

It was an thoroughly absorbing afternoon and huge thanks go to Dan and everyone at Farnham Fire Station for making us so welcome.