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million people across an area of 208 square miles (540 km). Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue
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Tyne and Wear FRS was established as Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1974 as a result of changes to area boundaries within the north east of England. Essentially, a fire service did exist through delivery of several smaller fire services established under the
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name of the service was changed from Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Fire Brigade to Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, with post-2004 vehicle livery and all other parts of the service reflecting the name change. In 2006, the service had built six new
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to replace the previous headquarters on
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which handed control back of fire cover back to local authorities in 1948. When the service was established in 1974, it brought together four small local fire services and parts of two others –
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How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people?
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572:. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. Archived from
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148:fire and rescue service
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