Seascale Fire Station
Seascale Fire Station
Gosforth Road
Seascale
CA20 1PR
Tel: 0300 303 8623 Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Training Evening: Monday 1900 hrs to 2100 hrs.
Email: enquiries.fire@cumbria.gov.uk
Seascale fire station is staffed by On-call Firefighters and houses one fire engine.
The A595 trunk road passes through the station area which can lead to problems with road traffic collisions and the station also deals with a significant number of supporting calls into the Sellafield site as back up to the works fire service. The main employment in the area is the BNG site at Sellafield approximately two miles north of the village. The other main employment in the area is tourism with the Lake District National Park being on the doorstep and the highest peaks in England, the Scafell range having some routes accessed through this area.
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service carry out Safe and Well Visits; please use the link below for more information.
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Next nearest supporting Fire Engine
Egremont - 9 miles
Whitehaven - 14 miles
Bootle - 13 miles
| Station Area | 4,100 population |
| Crewing Type | On-Call |
| Fire Engines | 1 fire-engine |
Seascale is a village on the West Cumbria coast with a population of approximately 2,800 people with a further 1,400 residing in the neighbouring village of Gosforth. The main employment in the area is the site at Sellafield approximately two miles north of the village. The other main employment in the area is tourism with the Lake District National Park on the doorstep and the highest peaks in England, the Scafell range accessed through this area.
The area contains:
4 Heritage Sites; Hardnott Roman Fort, Ravenglass, Roman Bath House and Burnmoor Stone Circles
3 Grade I listed buildings and 6 Grade II listed buildings
1 Special Area of Conservation; Wast Water and 10 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
1 Site Specific Risk; British Nuclear Fuels Sellafield
No significant flood risk identified in the station area
The A595 trunk road passes through the station area which can lead to problems with road traffic collisions.
The table shows the number of incidents that have occurred within a nominal area assigned to the station (as shown on the map in the station profile). This is different to the number of incidents attended by fire engines which are based at the station, as they may attend incidents outside their station area.
| Fire | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| All emergencies attended | 20 | 17 | 19 | |
| All Fires | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| Accidental primary dwelling fires | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Secondary fires | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Chimney fires | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Deliberate primary fires | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deliberate secondary fires | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| False Alarms | ||||
| All false alarms | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| Special Service Calls | ||||
| Non Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Road Traffic Collisions Special Service Calls | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Response times
On-call fire engine
| C09P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Average crew turnout time (time it takes the crew to respond to the station) | 5 mins 43 secs | 6 mins 4 secs | 4 mins 18 secs |
| Average response time (time it takes the crew to arrive at the incident from the station) | 10 mins 18 secs | 13 mins 35 secs | 17 mins 26 secs |
| Number of incidents attended by fire engines C09P1 | 39 | 29 | 24 |
Availability
On-call fire engine
| C09P1 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
| Total Availability | 87% | 92% | 91% |
| Mon - Fri (08:00 - 18:00) | 71% | 85% | 81% |
| Mon - Thurs (18:00 - 08:00) | 98% | 98% | 99% |
| Fri - Mon (18:00 - 08:00) | 89% | 91% | 92% |
Further information for this fire station is available on a number of themes at the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, including:
Population
Crime and Community
Health and Social Care
Housing
Economy and Employment
Environment
Children and Young People
Please visit www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk and choose a fire station area for your particular theme of interest.