Holmfirth Fire Station

Holmfirth Fire Station was constructed in 1965 and sits on the outskirts of the village centre, being approximately 219 metres above sea level. The station covers an area of approximately 28 square miles, south west of Huddersfield and borders with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. It includes Honley, Upperthong, Holme Village, Holmbridge, Hinchliffe Mill, Hade Edge, Hepworth, Jackson Bridge, New Mill, Brockholes, Thongsbridge, Netherthong, Deanhouse, Totties, Scholes, Wooldale, Burnlee and Parkhead.

The station serves a population of approximately 25,000 with around 11,000 dwellings. Holmfirth is also a popular tourist area and the population can fluctuate according to visitor numbers.

The station is managed by a station commander who is also responsible for Meltham fire station. The station has a 4 wheel drive fire engine along with a Land Rover based wild fire unit which supports moorland firefighting.

Type

On-call

District

Kirklees District

Co-responder station

Address

Huddersfield Road
Holmfirth
HD9 3AS
United Kingdom

Recognition of support

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to local employers who release their staff to serve the community as `on-call` firefighters.

Also known as RDS (Retained Duty System) firefighters, on-call firefighters are not based in fire stations. Instead, they are on standby, waiting to be called out by pager. They may be at home, working for themselves or working for a company which allows them to leave work to attend emergency calls.

Like their full time colleagues, on-call firefighters are trained and equipped to deal with a wide range of incidents and situations. These include property fires, road traffic collisions, chemical spillages, animal rescues, flood and storm damage.

We appreciate the goodwill of such employers which enables our ‘on-call’ fire and rescue capabilities to be available in parts of West Yorkshire. Employers allow on-call firefighters, who live or work within five minutes of their local fire station, to leave work at a moment’s notice when their pager alerts them to an emergency in their community.

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service would like to thank the following employers for releasing individuals to enable them to be ‘on-call’ firefighters for Holmfirth fire station: