The Engineering, Workshops and Stores team based at Service Headquarters, provide:
- A 24hr, 365 days a year out of hours response system
- Respond to vehicles or equipment with a defect outside of the normal working hours
- Help the Service to keep all stations and vehicles “On the Run” (the term we use when a vehicle is ready to respond to a 999 call).
If the appliance or item of equipment cannot be fixed, then a spare appliance or piece of equipment will delivered.
The team help to deliver services to:
- keep appliances running
- equipment working
- uniforms stored
- and much more
Job Roles
Job roles within workshops include:
- Vehicle mechanics, responsible for the maintenance and repair of all Service vehicles and equipment
- Fabricators undertake modifications to vehicles and also undertakes minor bodywork repairs
- Equipment technicians are responsible for the maintenance and repair of:
- branches
- standpipes
- pump adapter
- general kit fitted to our vehicles
- Stores personnel are responsible for:
- Ordering stock
- Storing parts for the vehicles
- Storing operational equipment
- Dispatching items when they need replacing
Working with the service
As well as providing cover to stations the team also supports with incidents by providing:
- Spare breathing apparatus sets and cylinders
- Foam
- Spare fire kit
Follow the team on Twitter
The team have a Twitter account (@workshopsCFRS). Follow them to find out what they do with the wider Service, Council and the general public. Being a “behind the scenes” department has meant in the past that their work would go unseen.
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