Gibraltar Fire & Rescue Service

Since 2000 the GFRS also mobilise the Emergency Ambulance service for the Gibraltar Health Authority and provide a fully equipped and manned Emergency Ambulance. Emergency calls are received at our Control on telephone number 190 or the GSM mobile telephone service international emergency number 112. New Firefighters undergo 2 months Recruit training at the Fire Service College Moreton-in-Marsh, or at Severn Park Fire & Rescue Training Centre, Bristol, England. Operational Officer development and instructor courses and Fire Safety and Fire Investigation training are also carried out at the Fire Service College. Training courses in specialist fields such as Ship Fire Fighting, Road Traffic Incidents, Cliff and Mountain Rescue, Urban Search and Rescue, HAZMAT etc., are carried out at the Fire Service College and other accredited centres in the U.K., Divers are trained by our own BSAC instructors and ambulance First Responder training is carried out under the supervision of the Gibraltar Health Authority.