The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, is the Fire Service serving the county of Oxfordshire.
It has 24 fire stations across the county. These are located in: Oxford (Rewley Road and Slade Park), Didcot, Abingdon, Wallingford, Faringdon, Wantage, Goring, Henley-on-Thames, Thame, Wheatley, Watlington, Banbury, Hook Norton, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, Woodstock, Kidlington, Witney, Burford, Eynsham, Deddington, Bicester and Bampton.
The headquarters is based in Kidlington (address: Oxfordshire Fire Service Headquarters, Sterling Road, Kidlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX5 2DU). This is also the location of the fire service control room and workshops.
The current Chief Fire Officer is David Etheridge.
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