however more emphasis on rescue operations and incidents. 3 aerial ladder platforms: extendible ladder platforms with rescue cages, stretchers and additional lighting, these vehicles provide high-level access and firefighting capability, with a vertical reach of almost 100 ft, almost 80 ft sideways, and up to 55 ft below ground level. 5 tactical response vehicles (TRV): they are designed to operate in extreme weather conditions and at difficult to reach locations. They carry a range of specialist equipment to tackle a wide range of incidents. This includes a misting unit and water tank for tackling wildfires and the ability to switch kit for other scenarios, including cutting gear for use at road traffic collisions. Urban Search & Rescue: Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service has one of 20 urban search and rescue teams that exist across England and Wales. They can deal with incidents including Confined space rescues, Missing person searches, Rescues from height, Local and national flood response, Water rescues, Bariatric rescue, Animal Rescue and MTA Response. They have a range of specialist vehicles operated by firefighter technicians. They also have a search dog and handler. Fire stations The service has 42 fire stations. The stations are divided into four areas, Central, Eastern, Western and Southern. These stations include: 6 wholetime shift stations 39 on-call stations 2 wholetime day-crewed stations The stations are crewed by mixture of wholetime (works full time at a fire station to respond immediately), day-crewed (works full time at a fire station only during the day) and on-call/retained (where they live locally and travel to their fire station when their alerter/pager goes off). Some stations are also cross-crewed by a mixture of firefighters from other stations, wholetime and on-call. Central Area Eastern Area Southern Area Western Area Incidents In 2014–15, NFRS attended 7,285 incidents where 749 people were rescued and 63 fatalities. Mainly consisting of 2,143 fires, 2,809 special services road traffic collisions (RTC) and other and 2,333 false alarms which required no further action. The service have noticed a reduction in the number of fires they attend, however an increasing response to RTC incidents on Norfolk's roads. Notable incidents 1991 Thetford Plastic recycling centre. A large fire which burned for four days 1994 Norwich Norwich library destroyed by fire. The main fire station of Norwich was opposite the library but the crews were already out attending what turned out to be a malicious call. Due to