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Welcome to Godalming Fire Station

Godalming Fire Station is a two pump "fully Retained" Station in the South of Surrey, employing 18 Fire-fighters. It is one of 24 Stations, 7 of which are fully Retained "part time" in Surrey.

Surrey's Command & Control Centre, based at Reigate, receives all of the Counties 999 Emergency calls. In 2008 Surrey attended 1232 Road Traffic Collisions and 1566 property fires.

Emergency Calls to Godalming are sent via Teleprinter from our Reigate Control Centre, at the same time alerting us by Pager.

Godalming's Station ground covers approx. 29.5 square miles, including Heath land, Wood land, Small Villages and Towns.

Where is Godalming Fire Station?

MEET THE CREW

Watch Manager Tim Hall
Crew Manager Mick Croker
Crew Manager Chris Dean
Crew Manager Andy Fry
Crew Manager "Name removed as requested"
Firefighter Ben Adaway
Firefighter Gary Edwards
Firefighter Dave Fishlock
Firefighter Joe Holden
Firefighter Jamie Irving Jnr.
Firefighter Jim Irving Snr.
Firefighter Andrew Kimbell
Firefighter Robert Lawrence
Firefighter Clive Linegar
Firefighter Tony Parsons-Smith
Crew Manager Timothy Readings
Firefighter Paul Sawyer
Firefighter Roy Squires

Group Photo 1985
1985
Sub/O Chiverton Fm O'Connell Fm James Fm Irving L/Fm Ranger Fm Hawkins Fm Hill Fm Balchin Fm TownerFm Curry L/Fm Hall Fm Sirett
Fm Farnfield Fm Aitken (D.O Stevens D.O Nagle West Division) Stn/O Snelling Fm Squires L/Fm Booker

1980:

To get some idea how busy Godalming fire station was back in 1980, & the type of calls received, I have tried to re-create the teleprinter messages as received by us that year. I have also included the calls which we received by radio.

Group Photo June 2003
June 2003
Ff McDonald Ff Mackenzie Ff Linegar Ff Jackson Ff Fishlock Ff Adaway Ff Edwards Ff Hargreaves Ff Newman Ff Squires Ff Hampshire Ff Hanscomb Ff Irving
L/Ff Croker L/Ff Fry Temp. Stn/O Hall Stn/O Brown L/Ff Dean L/Ff O'Connell L/Ff .....

Copy of an actual teleprinter message:

10:47:00 on 07-07-08                     
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Turnout   = S241   S221 
Incident Number    : 12777 
Mobilisation Type  : Incident
                    
GODALMING RAILWAY STATION
OFF NEW WAY
GODALMING

Map ref = 133 G7

Message :
Fire type "FEMALE TRAPPED UNDER TRAIN"

Female under train - Platform 
2 South Bound 
Casualty Conscious And
Breathing 
Amb Ref #######
Caller   SY POL REF   ########


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