LOCAL SERVICES
Emergency Services In an emergency where you need police,
within minutes once called. On average Diss
ambulance or fire service assistance
attends 200 calls a year. Drill night (training
urgently call 999
and admin) takes place every Wednesday
Diss Ambulance Service
evening and at other times when required. If
The Ambulance Service is based in Owen
visit the website
Road on the Vinces Road Industrial Estate. It
www.norfolk.gov.uk/safety/norfolk-fire-
is manned 24 hours a day on a rota system.
and-rescue-service/recruitment
The managers head a team of highly skilled personnel, including ambulance paramedics and technicians, who serve an area of about 465 square miles in South Norfolk and North Suffolk. It is equipped with first line and rapid response vehicles kitted out with the latest resuscitation instruments. The East of England Ambulance NHS Trust, of which Diss is a part, has headquarters at Hellesdon, Norwich, where control coordinates requests from patients, doctors and others who have emergency requirements.
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (Diss)
you are interested in joining the ‘On Call’
Based at the station are two fire engines and a new ‘tactical response vehicle’ (TRV). Once operational the TRV’s main duty will be responding to wildfires because of its off road capabilities. Diss is also a core station in Norfolk involved in the National Resilience Programme put together by the Government, after the 9/11 attacks in New York. In the event of a major terrorist CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) attack on the country, the Incident Response Unit from Hethersett along with the core stations could be mobilised to any part of the country for the purpose of ‘Mass
Diss Fire Station is in the Southern district of
Decontamination’ of the general public.
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service and has an
Also attached to the station are the Diss Fire
establishment of 16 ‘On Call’ personnel.
Cadets aged from 13 to 18. They meet every
Watch Manager Karl Hain is the officer in
Tuesday for training and also take part in
charge and is supported by four Crew
community activities. The cadet’s leader is
Managers and 11 Firefighters. They all have
CM Harry Powell. If you are interested in
primary employment elsewhere but are
joining the cadets, pop along on their
highly trained and carry a pager by which
training evening to find out more.
they are alerted, they report to the station
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