Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire authority of Hampshire, England. It was created on April 4, 1948 as a consequence of the Fire Service Act 1947.
Prior to this, a law named Fire Brigades Act 1938 mandated all local officials to make provisions for firefighting. There were so many meetings conducted to discuss important matters such the location of the headquarters, the chief fire officer, and how the service will be structured. They had chosen the North Hill house in Winchester as the main station but at the time the Admiralty was occupying it. However, years later the Admiralty sold the premises to the service but 20 years later, the headquarters as well as the control room were relocated to a floor of Ashburton Court.
Today, the headquarters is based at Leigh Road in Eastleigh and the service has 51 operational fire stations- 38 are operated by retained firefighters who live nearby the stations so they can come over within 5 minutes after an emergency call is received, and the 13 stations are operating 24 hours every day.
For the stations open 24 hours, they are based at Andover, Basingstoke, Cosham, Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, Hightown, Redbridge, Rushmoor, South Sea, St. Mary’s and Winchester. For stations crewed by retained firefighters, they have at Yately, Wickham, Winchester, Whitchurch, Waterlooville, Totton, Tadley, Sutton Scotney, Stockbridge, St. Mary’s, Rushmoor, Romsey, Ringwood, Portchesterm Petersfield, Overton, Odiham, New Milton, Lyndhurst, Lymington, Liphook, Kingsclere, Hythe, Horndean, Hayling Island, Havant, Hartley Wintney, Hardly, Hamble, Grayshott, Gosport, Fordingbridge, Fleet, Fareham, Emsworth, Eastleigh, Droxfrd, Burley, Brokenhurst, Botley, Bordon, Bishop’s Waltham, Beaulieu, Basingstoke, Andover, Alton, and at Alresford.
