Sunderland Central Community Fire Station

Opened in May 1993, by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh K.G K.T, Sunderland Central Fire Station is located on Railway Row in the Sunderland central area of the City of Sunderland. It covers several Local Council Wards namely; Barnes, Millfield, St Michaels, Hendon, and Ryhope.

 

The station has two fire appliances, one emergency tender and one Urban Search and Rescue Vehicle and is staffed by 56 full time fire-fighters and 5 support staff. The staffs 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.

 

The station includes a Community Safety Centre which consists of a Community Safety Team, Phoenix Project in conjunction with the Youth Offending Team and a Young Fire-fighters Association (YFA). Also located here is a project run in conjunction with the Prince’s Trust. An Arson Task Force which serves the whole of Sunderland and is funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is also located on this site. The facility is acessible to all members of our community.

 

The geographical area served by Sunderland Central 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 premises. It also includes the Bridges Shopping Complex, Sunderland University, Sunderland Royal Hospital, and Hendon Docks. Due to the University the City Centre has a substantial student population.

The population, based on the 2001 Census, is 56,111 persons who are predominantly from Anglo-Saxon background (91.0%) with a combined ethnic group of (9.0%). There are 24,182 dwellings within the Station area with approximately: -

 

 

Single parent families occupy 7.8% of dwelling, with 15.5 % single pensioner households.

 

Levels of unemployment across this area vary from 12.5% for males and 6.5% 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.

 

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.