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Longtown Fire Station

Longtown Fire Station
Mary Street
Longtown
CA6 5UF
United Kingdom

Email
enquiries@cumbriafire.gov.uk
Tel
0300 303 8623
Station type
On-call

Longtown fire station is staffed by On-call Firefighters and houses one fire engine.

Firefighters attend a number of incidents the main risks are road traffic collisions due to the connecting A7, M74 and M6.  The station also provides cover to a remote rural area so are called to incidents involving agricultural fires and livestock rescues. Firefighters are also trained as water first responders to deal with flooding incidents in the area.

Longtown fire station is staffed by On-call Firefighters and houses one fire engine.

Firefighters attend a number of incidents the main risks are road traffic collisions due to the connecting A7, M74 and M6.  The station also provides cover to a remote rural area so are called to incidents involving agricultural fires and livestock rescues. Firefighters are also trained as water first responders to deal with flooding incidents in the area.

Drill night
Tuesday 1900hrs
Area
Cumberland

About Longtown Fire Station

Station profile

Local stations

  • Carlisle East - 11 miles
  • Carlisle West - 10 miles
  • Brampton - 11 miles

6,000 population

Crewing type

On-call

Fleet

  • 1 fire engine

History

Longtown is situated on the south bank of the River Esk, two miles from Gretna Green and 10 miles from the centre of Carlisle. It has a population of about 3,000 and it is a farming town and much of the business in and around Longtown depends on agriculture.

The town has two schools, Lochinvar Secondary School and Longtown Primary School, as well as Longtown Community Development Centre, which provides ICT courses, and Longtown Memorial Hall Community Centre. It also has well established business and retail sectors.

Demographic and social profile of station area

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.

Risk information

The area contains:

  • 1 Grade I listed building and 7 Grade II listed buildings
  • 3 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
  • 1 Site Specific Risk; DM Longtown

In recent years there have been numerous flooding incidents to houses adjacent to a culvert on Lochinvar Beck at Longtown.  The flooding affects a number of properties on the adjacent estate with the Fire Station also being vulnerable.