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The Fire Control Centre has:

1 x Fire Control Officer – Control Commander/Brigade Communications Technical Officer
1 x Fire Control Officer – Control Training Officer/Deputy Control Commander
5 x Senior Control Operators – Watch Commanders
3 x Leading Fire Control Operators – Watch Operators
3 x Fire Control Operators – Watch Operators

Of these 13:

• 46% are female, 54% are male
• The youngest member of staff is 28 years old with the oldest just a few years off retirement
  

We come from all kinds of backgrounds, with skills including:

• Computer programming and systems design
• High grade Secretarial/Personal Assistant qualifications and experience
• Military Communications specialities
• Fire Fighting
• Air Sea Rescue and Air Traffic Control
• First Aid Practice and Instruction
• Three of our staff are on an additional rota to provide the maintenance of the Mobilising Computers and Fire-fighter Alerting equipment out of hours
• Two of us are also the Brigade Photographers

The Viax V-Band touch screen – all 999 calls come in through this switching system. We can also contact other emergency services quickly and easily by pressing a single button