Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
The brigade employs 428 retained firefighters, 201 full-time firefighters, plus over 120 support and administrative staff. Created under the Fire Services Act 1947 as "Cornwall Fire Brigade", the name changed to "Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service" on October 1, 2009, leaving London and Cleveland as the only two UK fire services to use the name "Fire Brigade".
For organisational purposes the Fire Service is divided into three divisions: Eastern, Central and Western. The service is administered by Cornwall Council, headquartered in Truro.
As part of the FiReControl project, Cornwall Fire and Rescue Services' control room was planned to switch over to the regional control centre in Taunton, Somerset. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2010, the cutover date was revised to January 2012, however the plan was scrapped in December 2010.
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