Organisation
The brigade is run under the command of the Chief Fire Officer Vij Randeniya and the Corporate Board, and provides emergency response from 39 strategically located fire stations, divided into eight Command Areas.
Six of the Command Areas are coterminous with the Metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands county; Birmingham however is divided into two commands. The full list of Command Areas is as follows:
- Birmingham North
- Birmingham South
- Coventry
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton
Read more about this topic: West Midlands Fire Service
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