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Welcome to Presteigne Fire Station’s unofficial web Site.
Presteigne Fire Station is part of the Mid and West Wales Fire Authority, which covers some 4,500 square miles and makes-up almost two thirds of the land mass of the Principality of Wales.
The town which has a population of approximately 4000 is located in Powys and closely borders Herefordshire and Shropshire. The station not only covers Presteigne but also surrounding villages such as Gladestry, Whitton, Norton, New Radnor, and Lingen. Presteigne is 2nd Pump to our nearest neighboring station Knighton, and 3rd Pump to Kington (Herefordshire)
The Station is fully retained, comprising of 12 personnel, and 2 machines, (RP) MAN Rescue pump (2000), and a (L4P) Light 4x4 Landrover Pump (1998)
As well as attending incidents such as House Fires, RTC’s chimney fires, hill fires etc, Presteigne station also operates a Co Responding scheme, assisting the ambulance service by attending life threatening conditions in advance of the Ambulance. The L4P appliance carries a medical bag including a defibrillator for use on incidents such as Cardiac arrest, strokes, head injuries etc.
Typically the station see 120 - 150 calls per year, approximately of those are 50 fires calls, and remainder are Co Responder calls
The site has been created by the Crew of Presteigne Fire station and is regularly updated. We hope that you enjoy this site and find it informative. Please contact us via e-mail; info@fire-999.co.uk with comments related to this site.
All official business should go through Mid and West Wales, details provided on our contacts page.
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