Sark Fire & Rescue Service

Sark

Standout

Active since 1958

About

Sark Fire & Rescue Service is a volunteer-run emergency service on Sark, established in 1958. Kevin Adams has been Chief Fire Officer since 2008, having joined the service in 1989. The service provides fire response, animal rescue, cliff rescue and abseiling, and assists Sark Medical Services with patient transfers to the Flying Christine III. It also assists the RNLI lifeboat with pumping out vessels and delivers water to households during low rainfall. Its tractor-drawn appliances have off-road capability and carry 600 gallons of water.

Quick facts

Legal form
Volunteer-run emergency service (not a company or registered charity)
Established
1958 · 68 years
Facilities
Tractor-drawn fire appliances with off-road capability, Appliances carry 600 gallons of water, against 400 on a standard appliance

People2

  • Kevin Adams
  • Chief Fire Officer

Services offered

  • Assisting Sark Medical Services with patient transfers to the ambulance boat Flying Christine III
  • Animal rescue
  • Water deliveries to households on rainwater catchment during low rainfall
  • Assisting the RNLI lifeboat with pumping out vessels
  • Cliff rescue and abseiling

Contact

Address
Sark Fire Station, La Chasse Marette, Sark, Channel Islands, GY10 1SF

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