Our Area
Opened on 7th April 1942 by the Mayor (Councillor, Myers Wayman) and then two weeks later received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb, Fulwell Fire Station is one of our older stations and is located on Station Road in the Fulwell area of the North of the City of Sunderland. It covers several Local Council Wards namely; Fulwell, St Peters, Southwick, Castle and Redhill.
The station has 2 fire appliances, (1 fire appliance and 1 Bronto aerial ladder platform) and is staffed by 48 full time fire-fighters and 5 support staff. The personnel are the main asset and, in addition to responding to emergencies, undertake a range of Community Safety (CS) activities that are primarily aimed at preventing fires and deaths and injuries in fires.
As well as the Divisional social club the station includes a small community room open to community groups as a venue for meetings and community events.
The Area
The geographical area served by Fulwell Community Fire Station spans relatively affluent residential to large pre/post war council estates, a large number of high rise residential and light and heavy industrial. It also includes Sunderland Football Club’s, Stadium of Light, Monkwearmouth Hospital, a substantial riverside risk, parts of Sunderland University and halls of residence.
The population, based on the 2001 Census, is 71,743 persons who are predominantly from Anglo-Saxon background (96.4%) with a combined ethnic group of (5.0%). There are 31,221 dwellings within the Station area with approximately: -
- 66.1% Owner Occupied
- 20.7% Local Authority Rented
- 3.9% Privately Rented
- 7.3% Housing Association Rented
Single parent families occupy 7.2% of dwellings, with 16.9 % single pensioner households.
Levels of unemployment across this area vary from 10.1% for males and 5.9% for females compared to the national average of 4.7% (2001 census). These figures reflect the wide variety of socio-economic groups residing within individual neighbourhoods, which can be linked to the risk of dwelling fires occurring within the area. This is illustrated in the map of the station area (the red indicates areas where the risk of having a dwelling fire is well above average, orange is above average, yellow is average, blue is below average and green is well below average).
If you wish to know more about the specific fire service issues in your area and how we intend to address these, details have been included in our Station Plan.
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