Pontypandy Fire Service

The **Pontypandy Fire Service** (Welsh: *Brigâd Dân Pontypandy*) is a small fictional fire and rescue service based within the valleys of South Wales. There are only two known stations: Firstly, Pontypandy: a medium-sized station serving the south half of the area which covers the coastal fishing village of Pontypandy and the surrounding forestry and countryside. Due to its location, Pontypandy hosts four emergency services that are combined within the fire service as they are called out to incidents together very often or if they are needed. As of Series 13, they are: the Fire and Rescue team, the Ocean Rescue team, the Mountain Rescue team, Paramedics and are assisted by the Police Force.

Secondly, Newtown: a large station that covers the northern area which covers the town of Newtown and also serves as the fire service's base of operations and it often referred to as HQ.

Both Fire Services in Newtown and Pontypandy are overseen by the Home Office Headquarters in London, England.

## Uniforms

* **Station wear** - In some episodes up until Series 5, their station wear consisted of a black jumper and grey trousers, but for most episodes up until Heroes of the Storm, they wore their turnout gear. In Series 10, the firefighters wear blue polo shirts with the service logo embroiled and navy trousers. The Station Officers wear a white shirt and tie with a medal strip and insignia slides with one impeller.
* **Turnout gear** - From Series 1 - 4, they wore black woolen tunics with brass buttons and yellow leggings and a yellow cork helmet like every UK and Irish fire service did at the time. In Series 5, they wore the exact same but the tunic was blue and held an axe and torch. The helmets had a short visor screwed on. From Series 6 - Heroes of the Storm, they still had the same tunics (with new reflective strips) and leggings but the axe and torch were removed and are now stowed in Jupiter. They also gained newer helmets with larger visors which were still out of today's fashion. From Series 10 - Series 14, they wore an updated tunic which replaces the buttons with 3 magnetic clips and a small waterproof walkie-talkie, the insignia slide has also been removed. the leggings and the helmets remained the same. Since Series 14, they now wear blue tunics which have a torch and GPS walkie-talkies fitted to the breasts, blue matching leggings, black gloves and a full open face helmet with a full face shield. the tunic, leggings and gloves also have yellow & white Phosphorescent strips for better low light visibility. The Station Officer's helmet is white with 1 thin black band.
* **Chief Fire Officer’s Uniform** - The Chief Officer's Uniform consists of a blue tunic with brass buttons, a medal strip, red stitching around the insignia slide, blue trousers with red stitching and a visor cap. the helmet is white with 2 black bands (although it should be 1 thick band).
* **Ocean Rescue Uniform** - From Series 6 - Series 8, they wore yellow wet-suits with orange life-jackets and an orange helmet. Since Series 9, they now wear lava red wet-suits with yellow life jackets and red helmets.
* **Animal Rescue Uniform** - Since Series 10, the animal rescue uniforms consist of brown grey and yellow leggings and a tunic with the Animal Rescue logo Embroidered as well as a helmet with a neck protector.
* **Mountain Rescue Uniform** - Since Alien Alert, the Mountain Rescue Uniforms consist of yellow jackets with a walkie-talkie which has the Search and Rescue logo embroidered, leggings with light deflectors and a helmet with a torchlight.

## Ranks

* Chief Fire Officer
* Deputy Chief Fire Officer
* Assistant Chief Fire Officer
* Senior Divisional Officer
* Divisional Officer
* Assistant Divisional Officer
* Station Officer
* Sub Officer
* Leading Firefighter
* Firefighter
* Probationary Firefighter (Known as Probies, Candidates, or Recruits)

## Known Members

### Leading Firefighter

* Fireman Sam
* Penny Morris

### Firefighter

* Ellie Phillips
* Elvis Cridlington (Jerry Lee's Cousin)
* Jade Myers (Temporarily from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service)
* Michaela Knight
* Chris Hammond (Former Station Officer in London with the London Fire Brigade)
* Kyle Higgins (Temporarily)
* Dickie Grubb (Stationed in Newtown)

### Probationary Firefighter

* Arnold McKinley
* Jerry Lee Cridlington (Elvis' Cousin) (Stationed in Newtown)

## Stations

* Pontypandy Railway Station - This is where Station Officer Steele and Chief Fire Officer Boyce were first based when the coal mines were still active, they would use the railway system on Bessie to attend to emergencies in the mountains and mines. Soon as the mines closed, they both promoted to their separate ways with Chief Fire Officer Boyce transferring to Newtown and Station Officer Steele to Pontypandy. Now with lots of visitors to the Mountain Activity Centre & the mines, the station is now in use again, "Just Like the Old Days".
* Pontypandy Fire Station - Originally built in 1938, Pontypandy Fire Station was no larger than an average retained fire station, only housing Jupiter and their skills were limited. Throughout the years, their skills and facilities have greatly improved such as having a larger garage built to house Venus and Jupiter permanently and completely rebuilding the interior of the fire station in order to have the entire ground floor with an office, a garage and a small kitchen on the top floor with a balcony outside. Since Heroes of the Storm, they now have a state-of-the-art fire station with many technological features and developing new skills such as amphibious and animal rescue capabilities.

## Vehicles

1. Jupiter (4-Wheel Drive, Longitudinal, Front-Engine, 6-Cylinder, High Compression Turbo Diesel)
2. Venus (4-Wheel Drive Flatbed Appliance)
3. Mercury (Quad Bike)
4. Hydrus (Off-Road Amphibious Vehicle)
5. Phoenix (Multi-Purpose 4X4)
6. Mobile Command Unit (Base of operations for large scale incidents or events)
7. Hovercraft

## Divisions of the Pontypandy Fire Service

### Mountain Rescue Team

Members:

* Tom Thomas
* Krystyna Kaminski

### Ocean Rescue Team (Pontypandy Coast Guard)

Members:

* Ben Hooper
* Jodie Phillips

### Animal Rescue Team

Members:

* Lizzie Sparkes

### Search and Rescue Team

Members:

* Helen Flood
* Moose Roberts
* Lizzie Sparkes
* PC Malcolm Williams
* Krystyna Kaminski
* Tom Thomas