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Call signs are used to communicate with fire control and other appliances by radio, and are also used to mobilise appliances via the turnout system.

Every fire appliance in Hereford and Worcester has it's own call sign, currently made up of two digits to identify the station that it is from, and a single digit to identify the type of appliance it is. Equipment that is towed is prefixed with a letter and "new dimensions" vehicles (appliances supplied by government) have their own style call signs. These can all be seen in the table below.

National Call Sign Project.

There is currently a national project underway to introduce a new national digital radio and data system, which requires every fire service vehicle in the country to have a unique call sign in the same format.

Call signs in fire services across the country will be changing in the near future, with some services, eg.Shropshire, already using the new call signs. Services that use letters to identify stations, need to change to numbers.

The new call sign system is a seven character system, made up of emergency service, region, county, station, appliance type and number.

FRS Area Characters : E = Hereford & Worcester, H = Shropshire, M = West Mids

Appliance Type Characters : A = Aerial, B = Boat, C = Command, F = Fire Investigation, H = Haz Mat,

P = Pump, R = Rescue, S = Op's Support, T = Transport, W = Water

Officers will also have a similar call sign:

For example - FFES001,

FFE = as above

S = Station Manager

001 = Identifying digits.

Role Characters :

F = Firefighter, C = Crew Manager, W = Watch Manager, G = Group Manager, A = Area Manager,

B = Brigade Manager.

The new call signs will mainly be used to transmit data via a data system and only rarely will be used to speak via radio. When used to transmit a voice message, the call signs may be shortened when used within own service area.

Station Number	Location	Current Callsign	Crewing	Type
19	Urban Search and Rescue (USAR)	M54 M55 M56 S131 S132 S133 S134 S135 S138	USAR Team	USAR Prime Mover 1 USAR Prime Mover 2 USAR Prime Mover 3 USAR Module 1 USAR Module 2 USAR Module 3 USAR Module 4 USAR Module 5 USAR Crew Bus
21	Worcester	211 212 213 215 B215 216	Wholetime Wholetime Retained - - -	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Pump 2 Landrover Boat Aerial Ladder Platform
22	Stourport on Severn	221 224 225 E225	Retained Retained Retained Retained	Pump 1 Argocat Pinzgauer Environment Protection Unit
23	Bewdley	231	Retained	Pump 1
24	Kidderminster	241 242 M10 & P10	Retained Wholetime -	Pump 1 Rescue Pump High Volume Pump (Mover & Pod)
25	Bromsgrove	251 252 256	Retained Wholetime -	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Hydraulic Platform
26	Droitwich Spa	261 262 268 269 IR21	Retained Day Crewed Retained - -	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Incident Support Unit ISU Support (Car) Incident Response Unit
27	Redditch	271 272 273	Retained Wholetime Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Pump 2
28	Evesham	281 282 285 B285 E285 287	Retained Day Crewed - - - Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Landrover Boat Environment Protection Unit Water Carrier
29	Pebworth	291	Retained	Pump 1
30	Broadway	302	Retained	Rescue Pump
31	Pershore	311	Retained	Pump 1
32	Upton upon Severn	322	Retained	Rescue Pump
33	Training Centre	331 332	- -	Training Appliance Training Appliance
41	Malvern	411 412 414 415 418	Retained Day Crewed - - Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Argocat Pinzgauer Command Support Unit
42	Ledbury	421 422	Retained Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump
43	Fownhope	431	Retained	Pump 1
44	Ross on Wye	441 442 447	Retained Retained Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Water Carrier
45	Whitchurch	451 455	Retained Retained	Pump 1 4x4
46	Hereford	461 462 463 466 468 IR22	Wholetime Wholetime Retained - - -	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Pump 2 Aerial Ladder Platform Pinzgauer & Boat Incident Response Unit
47	Ewyas Harold	471	Retained	Pump 1
48	Eardisley	481	Retained	Pump 1
49	Kington	492	Retained	Rescue Pump
50	Leintwardine	501	Retained	Pump 1
51	Kingsland	511	Retained	Pump 1
52	Leominster	521 522 527	Retained Retained Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump Water Carrier
53	Tenbury Wells	531 532	Retained Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump
54	Bromyard	541 542	Retained Retained	Pump 1 Rescue Pump
55	Peterchurch	552 555	Retained Retained	Rescue Pump Unimog
Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service call signs for adjacent stations
(Note : Shropshire have now changed to the new national call signs)
06	Cleobury Mortimer	FFH06P1	Retained	Rescue Pump
08	Craven Arms	FFH08P1	Retained	Pump
11	Ludlow	FFH11P2 FFH11S1	Retained Retained	Rescue Pump Ford Ranger