Kirkby Stephen Fire Station

Local stations

• Appleby - 11 miles
• Sedbergh - 14 miles
• Shap - 20 miles

5,000 population

Crewing type

On-call

Fleet

• 1 fire engine

Kirkby Stephen is a small market town on the eastern edges of Cumbria bordering Yorkshire and Durham. The fire station covers one of the largest areas in Cumbria, which includes the Settle and Carlisle Railway Line, and part of the M6 motorway and the main West Coast Railway. The area covered is very rural and calls within the station area are varied and include fell, farm and private dwelling house fires, floods and road traffic collisions.

Further information for this fire station is available on a number of themes at the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory, including:

• Population 

• Crime and Community

• Health and Social Care

• Housing

• Economy and Employment

• Environment

• Children and Young People

Please visit www.cumbriaobservatory.org.uk and choose a fire station area for your particular theme of interest.

The area contains:

• 1 Heritage site: Brough Castle
• 4 Grade I listed buildings and 9 Grade II listed buildings
• 1 Special Area of Conservation and 18 Sites of Specific Scientific Interest
• Warcop Army Camp is a Site Specific Risk
• There are no significant Flood Risks identified within the station area