Our Fire and Rescue Service assessments give you information about how your local fire and rescue service has performed in several important areas. In our latest assessments of Bedfordshire FRS, we made the following graded judgments:
Bedfordshire covers an area of approximately 123,500 hectares. The area is principally rural and incorporates a several market towns, including Ampthill, Biggleswade, Woburn and Leighton Buzzard. Larger towns include Bedford, Kempston, Luton, Stopsley and Dunstable.
The Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers a large and diverse community as well as London Luton Airport, and a significant road network including the M1 and A1(M) motorways. Bedfordshire is growing as a national distribution hub and has a number of large industrial sites and warehouses. Countywide rivers present the service with problems during spate flooding conditions.
The service has 14 fire stations and an emergency communication centre. There are five wholetime stations.
