Fees and Charges for Non-Emergency Calls, With Effect From 01 April 2025
All figures exclude VAT which is chargeable at the rate of 20% on all of the below charges other than Fire Report Extracts, Interviews and Fire Investigation Reports.
Appliances, Personnel and Pumps
Major Appliance with Crew - £503 per hour + VAT
Light Appliance (L4P) with Crew - £406 per hour + VAT
Portable Pump / Van with Crew - £189 per hour + VAT
Ancillary Vehicle and Driver - £142 per hour + VAT
Examples of Chargeable Services:
Pumping-out Boats
Stand-by for private aircraft landings
Access to premises (where no risk to life or property, from fire or other hazards)
Non-Statutory duties including Environmental Assistance
Preparation, maintenance and validation of Off-site emergency plans for Statutory sites under COMAH Regulations etc.
Preparation, maintenance and validation of emergency plans for specific events. For example Tall Ships event.
Participation in pre-planned emergency response capability for events.
Preparation or assistance with preparation of Business Continuity plans for businesses.
Planning, delivering or participating in external business continuity exercises
Fire Reports
Extracts - £152 per copy (no VAT)
Interviews - £42 per Officer hour (no VAT)
Fire Investigation Report - £803 per copy (no VAT)
Note: Hydrant Standpipes, Keys and Bars must not be loaned out under any circumstances. Any members of the public or organisations requesting such loans must be referred to South West Water Services Ltd.
Petroleum Licences
Storage certificate, where premises to be used to store petrol of a quantity (no VAT)
Not exceeding 2,500 litres - £45 for each year of certificate
Exceeding 2,500 litres but not exceeding 50,000 litres - £61 for each year of certificate
Exceeding 50,000 litres - £128 for each year of certificate
Explosives Licences
Dependent on Kgs held and length of licence. Renewals cost less and variations are currently £37
Marriage Act 1994
Site Information - £416 per inspection + VAT
Pipelines Safety Regulations (PSR)
Site Information - £158 + VAT
Licence Agreements with Remote Alarm Centres
Automatic fire alarms £685 per annum (no VAT)
Site Sharing Licence for Radio/Paging
Individually Negotiated
Fire Warden Training (1 day)
£106 per person
Fire Extinguisher Training (3 hours)
£51 per person
Fire Safety Awareness Training (4 hours)
£62 per person
Fire Risk Assessment Support
£79.25 per person
Evacuation Training (2 hours)
£34.60 per person
First Aid at Work (3 days)
£205.40 per person
Emergency First Aid at Work (1 day)
£100 per person
Heartstart (3 hours)
£51.35 per person
Emergency First Aid for Parents and Carers (3 hours)
£97 per person
Paediatric First Aid (2 days)
£106 per person
Minibus Training for Category D1 Licence holders (3 hours)
£100 per person
Minibus Training to obtain Category D1 (3-5 days)
£1,242 per person
MPV Training/Category B Training
£100 per person
LGV Training (4/5 days)
£1,326.33 per person
Driver Passenger Assisted Training (1 day)
Total £497.37
Driver Passenger Assisted Training - Refresher (1/2 day)
Total £386.84
Community Engagement - 1/2 Day Course
£3108
Community Engagement - 5 Day Course
£6,741
Primary Authority
£95.00 per hour