North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

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North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru (Welsh)
Operational area
Country	Wales
Region	North Wales
Principal areas	6 Anglesey Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Wrexham
Agency overview
Established	1996 (1996)
Chief Fire Officer	Dawn Docx
Facilities and equipment
Stations	44
Website
www.nwales-fireservice.org.uk

The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS; Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the principal areas of Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham in the north of Wales. With service coverage in north-west Wales being predominantly rural. The NWFRS is headquartered in St Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales.

The service was created in 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 which reformed Welsh local government, by a merger of the previous Clwyd and Gwynedd fire services. It covers an area of 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) with around 670,000 people. The Service employs over 1000 staff in operational and support roles.^[1]

The fire authority which administers the service is a joint board made up of councillors from Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham councils.