§ Mr. AingerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which fire brigades in England and Wales undergo regular training for emergencies at sea; and in which towns their specialist marine units are based.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 21 January 1993]: In addition to the training all firefighters receive for fighting fires on ships, 22 brigades in England and Wales maintain regular specialist training. Eleven brigades have specialist marine units.
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Area Brigade maintaining training Location of marine units Northern England Tyne & Wear Newcastle and Sunderland Cleveland Middlebrough Lancashire — Cheshire — Humberside — Merseyside — Wales Dyfed Milford Haven South Glamorgan — West Glamorgan — Gwynedd — Eastern England Lincolnshire — Cambridgeshire Wisbech
Area Brigade maintaining training Location of marine units Suffolk Felixstowe, Ipswich Norfolk Great Yarmouth Essex South Woodham Ferrers London London South and South-West England Kent Strood, Whitstable, Sheppey East Sussex — Dorset — Devon Plymouth Cornwall — Gloucestershire inshore inflatable at Gloucester