Bedfordshire And Luton Fire And Rescue Service
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is an area covered and served by Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedford Borough Council and Luton Borough Council. The Service was previously named Bedfordshire & Luton Fire and Rescue Service from 1 April 1997, following the creation of a separate unitary authority of Luton.
Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service currently employ more than 600 staff on a variety of conditions of service. These include Firefighters on the Wholetime shift system; Firefighters on the Retained Duty System; Fire Officers on the Flexible Duty System, Fire Control Operators and non-operational staff.
The county's control room was due to move into a regional control centre in Cambridge in 2011 as part of the FiReControl project.
The Firefighters currently working at the Counties five Wholetime stations are the first in the Country to work 24 hour shifts.
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