Bridge Road

Welcome to Godalming Fire Station

Godalming Fire Station is a two pump "fully Retained" Station in the South of Surrey, employing 19 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 "Probie" Dean
Crew Manager Andy "Weasel" Fry
Crew Manager "Name removed as requested"
Firefighter Ben Adaway
Firefighter David "Lucky" Cannom
Firefighter Neil "Stanley" Conlon
Firefighter Gary Edwards
Firefighter Dave "Freddie" Fishlock
Firefighter Joe Holden
Firefighter Jamie Irving Jnr.
Firefighter Jim Irving Snr.
Firefighter Andrew "Bibblybob AKA 118" Kimbell
Firefighter Robert "Hotpoint" Lawrence
Firefighter Clive "Crispy" Linegar
Firefighter Tony "Wilmot" Parsons-Smith
Firefighter Timothy Readings
Firefighter Roy "Squidgy" 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

Surrey Pump locations

Station	Appliances	Callsigns	Status
Camberley	WRL / WRL / L4T / WC	S301 / S302 / S304 / S309	Wholetime
Chertsey	WRL / ALP / PM	S331 / S337	Wholetime
Chobham	WRL	S321	Retained
Cranleigh	WRL / WRL	S281 / S282	Retained
Dorking	WRL / L4T / WC / EPU	S121 / S124 / S129 / H126	Wholetime
Dunsfold	WRL / FT	S271 / S276	Retained
Esher	WRL	S201	Wholetime
Egham	WRL	S311	Wholetime
Epsom	WRL / WRL	S171 / S172	Wholetime
Farnham	WRL / L4T / FT / WC	S261 / S264 / S266 / S269	Wholetime
Godalming	WRL / WRL	S241 / S242	Retained
Godstone	WRL / WC / IRU	S141 / S149 / IR55	Wholetime
Gomshall	WRL	S231	Retained
Guildford	WRL / WRL / WRL / ALP / PM	S221 / S222 / S223 / S227	Wholetime/Retained
Haslemere	WRL / WRL / L4T	S251 / S252 / S254	Variable Crewing
Leatherhead	WRL / WC / FESU	S131 / S137	Wholetime
Lingfield	WRL	S161	Retained
Oxted	WRL / WRL	S151 / S152	Retained
Painshill	WRL / ICU / FCV	S211 / H210 /	Wholetime
Reigate	WRL / WRL / SRU	S111 / S112 / H116	Wholetime
Staines	WRL	S101	Wholetime
Sunbury	WRL	S191	Wholetime
Walton	WRL / WRL /SWR/ WRP / RIB	S181 / S182 /H118 / H183 / H189	Variable Crewing
Woking	WRL / WRL	S291 / S292	Wholetime

Appendix:

ALP - Aerial Ladder Platform.

CS - Command Support Vehicle.

EPU - Environmental Protection Unit.

FESU - British Red Cross Fire & Emergency Support Unit

FCV - Forward Command Vehicle.

FT - Fog Trailer.

ICU - Incident Command Unit.

IRU - Incident Response Unit.

L4T - Land Rover with 150 gal. tank.

PM - Prime Mover

RIB - Rigid Inflatable Boat.

SRU - Search & Rescue Unit.

ST - Salvage Tender.

SWR - Swift Water Rescue unit.

Variable Crewing - Retained Duty System (RDS) Personnel provide nights and
weekend cover in addition to day cover to the Variable Crewing Personnel.

WC - Water Carrier.

WRL - Water Tender Ladder.

WRP - Water Rescue Pod containing specialist rescue equipment.

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                     
************ Message Start **************


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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