Our organisation

About us

Our organisation is one of the busiest fire and rescue services in the UK, serving a population of nearly two million people. The Service’s Chief Fire Officer is Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, and Shantha Dickinson is the Deputy Chief Fire Officer.

We provide many critical services, such as our award-winning Arson Task Force, medical co-responders in partnership with South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS), and since 1988 we have been sending volunteers to overseas disasters as part of the UK International Search and Rescue (UKISAR).

Our team

We employ around 1,500 people, including around 40 firefighters in our Fire Control room, over 350 specialist staff, and around 1,100 firefighters. We also have community volunteers who work with us.

Operational staff

Our operational staff are made up of a combination of full time firefighters, part-time and on-call firefighters; who work for the Service in addition to their main employment. To provide our communities with round-the-clock services.

Control staff

When you dial 999 and ask for the fire service it is a member of fire control team that you will speak to. Control deal with a huge variety of calls, dealing with hundreds of 100 different types of incidents. Without the skills and professional judgement of the highly trained members of Control, our firefighters could not operate as effectively as they do 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.

Support staff

Every day we’re helping to save lives – and not only by fighting fires. Behind the scenes there are lots of other roles that people don’t see: incident support teams, administration teams, technical engineers and more.

Volunteers

Our volunteers are based throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight supporting our teams with their everyday duties providing safety advice to our communities.

Want to join our team?