| Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru (Welsh) | |
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| Country | Wales |
| Region | Mid & West Wales |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1996 (1996) |
| Employees | 1,400 |
| Chief Fire Officer | Roger Thomas |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 58 |
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TheMid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (Welsh:Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru) is thefire and rescue service covering theWelshprincipal areas ofCarmarthenshire,Ceredigion,Neath Port Talbot,Pembrokeshire,Powys andSwansea.
The service was created in 1996 by theLocal Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government. It was created by a merger of the earlierDyfed, Powys andWest Glamorgan fire brigades.[1]
The Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service is the largest fire service by area in England and Wales,[2] covering a predominantly rural area of 4,500 square miles (11,700 km2) and the third largest in the United Kingdom after theScottish andNorthern Ireland fire services. It has 57 fire stations, and around 1,400 staff.
Since October 2017, the service has shared its control room withSouth Wales Fire and Rescue Service andSouth Wales Police at the police headquarters,[3]an arrangement that is expected to save £1 million annually across both fire and rescue services.[4]
Thefire authority which administers the service is ajoint-board, made up of councillors appointed from Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Swansea councils.
The service has a volunteer fire station (Borth Volunteer Fire Unit) under Ceredigion Command.
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