Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) aims to contribute to securing a safe society by reducing the incidence of death, injury and damage to property from fire and other emergencies.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) prides itself on being dynamic and forward thinking.
RBFRS operates 19 fire stations, 10 wholetime (shift) stations (three with retained units) and 9 retained stations (one with a wholetime nucleus component).
• See a map of our fire stations
Our personnel stablishment is:
• 447 Operational staff including officers.
• 135 Retained staff.
• 35 Control staff.
• 136 Non-uniformed support staff.
Brigade headquarters are based in Reading, and there is a separate training centre also based in Reading.
RBFRS is structured into three Directorates: Service Delivery, Support Services and Human Resources, (plus Financial Services).
Select the following links to find out the structure and functions of each directorate.
• Directorates and Principal Officers
• Service Delivery
• Financial Services
• Support Services
• Human Resources
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue
Service
Chief Fire Officer
CFO Iain Cox
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue
Authority
Service Delivery
Deputy Chief Fire Officer :
DCFO Olaf Baars
Support Services
Assistant Chief Fire Officer :
ACFO Paul Southern
Human Resources
Director :
David Wallace
Financial Services
Head :
Andrew Vallance
Executive Support
General Manager A | GMA
Clerk and Monitoring Officer
Caroline Redzikowska
Service Delivery
Deputy Chief Fire Officer
DCFO Olaf Baars
Central Team
Prevention
Protection
Fire Control
Fire Stations
Operations
Support Services
Assistant Chief Fire Officer
ACFO Paul Southern
Corporate Communications
Document Management
Facilities and Procurement
Information Systems
New Dimensions
Operations and Fire Safety
Operations Support
Research and Equipment
Technical
Transport (Engineering)
Water
Human Resources
Director
David Wallace
Fire Authority: Committee Management
Diversity and Equality
Driving School
Health and Safety
Human Resources
Recruitment
Learning and Development
Commercial Training: Royal Berkshire
Fire and Rescue (Training) Ltd
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Use these links to find out more.
- What We Do
- How We Do It
- A Safer Berkshire
- Organisation Structure and Staff
- Preventing Protecting Responding
- Firefighting and other roles
- Community fire safety
- Fire safety for business
- Training courses
- How to find us - location Maps [PDF]
- Headquarters location [interactive map]
- Training Centre location [interactive map]
- Fire station locations
