Cleveland is seventh most densely populated fire authority area in England, only the big Metropolitan Brigades (city areas) are more densely populated.
Cleveland shares many of the inner-city-type problems that are a key feature of the Metropolitan Brigades. The Brigade meets its challenges through the four Districts serving each of its local authority areas:
We have 14 fire stations staffed according to local risk and activity levels:
six wholetime stations in main urban areas (Middlesbrough, Grangetown, Thornaby, Coulby Newham, Billingham and Hartlepool) providing cover 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
six on-call stations in mainly rural areas (Headland, Yarm, Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn, Skelton) with retained/on-call staff living or working within five minutes of the station. Staff are alerted via pager to respond to any emergency night and day, 365 days per year.
two mixed wholetime/on-call stations in urban areas (Redcar, Stockton) with a mixture of crews working wholetime and on-call to provide cover 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
