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West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is the second-largest fire and rescue service in the country, delivering emergency services to 2.74 million residents across seven local authority areas in the county of the West Midlands in England. The brigade is run under the command of the Chief Fire Officer Phil Loach and the Strategic Enabling Team (SET), providing emergency response from 38 strategically located fire stations, divided into six Command Areas.〔http://www.wmfs.net/content/your-fire-service〕 Responsibility for the running on the brigade lies with "West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority", which is a joint-authority, made up of councillors from the seven local authorities in the West Midlands.〔(Fire Authority )〕 The service was created in 1974 when the West Midlands county came into being. Prior to its creation, each of the county boroughs in the West Midlands area (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Solihull, Walsall, Warley, West Bromwich and Wolverhampton) had their own fire brigade. The largest of these brigades was the City of Birmingham Fire Brigade. WMFS was created by a merger of these, plus parts of Warwickshire Fire Brigade. The service was originally headquartered in the former ''City of Birmingham Fire Brigade'' headquarters at Lancaster Circus which were opened on 2 December 1935 by HRH Duke of Kent. It is now a Listed building. However, the service moved to purpose built, modern headquarters on Vauxhall Road, Nechells, in 2008. ==Chief Fire Officers== The following people have held the office of Chief Fire Officer: *2014 to present: Phil Loach *2009 to 2013: Vijith Randeniya OBE *2003 to 2008: Frank Sheehan *1998 to 2003: Kenneth Knight *1990 to 1998: Graham Meldum〔 *1981 to 1990: Brian Fuller *1975 to 1981: Tom Lister CBE *1974 to 1975: George Merrell CBE (Chief Officer of Birmingham Fire and Ambulance Service from 1969) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Midlands Fire Service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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