A photo of Millom Fire Station
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Millom Fire Station

Millom Fire Station
Millom Road
Millom
LA18 4AY
United Kingdom

Email
enquiries@cumbriafire.gov.uk
Tel
0300 303 8623
Station type
On-call

Millom fire station is staffed by On-call Firefighters and houses one fire engine and a Wildfire Land Rover.

The A595 trunk road passes through the station area and this leads to a number of calls to attend road traffic collisions, the station also responds to a significant number of calls to the prison at Haverigg each year. Open farmland and fells brings the danger of agricultural and wildfires, in addition to other farm incidents, such as livestock rescues. Firefighters receive specialist training to deal with Wildfire incidents.

Drill night
Thursday 1915 hrs
Area
Cumberland

About Millom Fire Station

Station profile

Local stations

  • Broughton - 8 miles
  • Bootle - 8 miles
  • Coniston - 17 miles

8,600 population

Crewing type

On-call

Fleet

  • 1 fire engine
  • 1 wildfire land rover

History

Millom is a small coastal town situated in the most southerly part in Copeland district. It is  separated from the Furness peninsular by the Duddon Estuary and is bounded to the west by the Irish Sea.

Demographic and social profile of station area

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.

Risk information

The area contains:

  • 2 Grade I listed buildings

  • 1 Site of Specific Scientific Interest

  • 2 Site Specific Risks; Haverigg Prison and Langthwaite Farm

  • No significant Flood Risks within the Station area

There is a small industrial estate on the outskirts of the town; however the main industries within the area are agriculture and an expanding tourist trade. The town has two nature reserves and the Duddon estuary is a sight of Special Scientific Interest. 

Close to the town is HM Prison Haverigg, the only prison in the County and the station  responds to a significant number of calls to these premises each year.  The A595 trunk road passes through the station area and this can lead to problems with road  traffic collisions