Silloth Fire Station

Local stations

• Aspatria - 9 miles
• Wigton - 11 miles
• Maryport - 13 miles

5,000 population

Crewing type

On-call

Fleet

• 1 fire engine

The fire station was built in 1943 and to compliment the two appliance bays was altered in 1969 to incorporate a drill yard and tower.

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.

The area contains:

• 2 Grade I listed buildings and 2 Grade II listed buildings

• 1 Special Area of Conservation; Solway Firth

• 1 Site Specific Risk; Carrs Flour Mill

• Silloth forms part of the Solway Firth and is prone to tidal flooding with a return period of approximately 200 years

In addition to residential risks, there are four elderly person's homes, seven holiday camps,  which during the summer months can considerably increase the population of the town. 

There is also a small, but busy dock, which apart from accepting small fishing vessels, also handles thousands of tonnes of imports and exports during the year, which brings its own inherent dangers.