HFRS has 29
fire stations and 40
fire appliances. The stations use a number of crewing models: • Wholetime fire station: 24/7 crewed. 4 watches working 2 days, 2 nights, 4 rest days • Wholetime +
On-call fire station: As wholetime station but with a second on call fire engine, where firefighters have another primary job and respond via pager from home or work when available • Day-crewed fire station: Daytime cover on station, night time via pager from home • Day duty fire station: Daytime cover on station, night time via out duty firefighters arriving from other fire stations. • On Call Fire Station: Firefighters have another primary job and respond via pager from home or work when available The protection area includes four large settlements with a population between 50,000 and 100,000:
Hemel Hempstead,
Stevenage Watford, and the city of
St Albans. Almost 89% of residents live in urban areas, comprising 32% of the county; while the remaining population live in the 67% of the county that is rural. ==Performance==