Fire service historian and author
Roger Mardon
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WALES -
Effective from 1 April 1948
Anglesey
Area: 276 sq. miles
Fire stations: 5
Breconshire & Radnorshire
Area: 1,204 sq. miles
Fire stations: 13
Caernarvonshire
Area: 569 sq. miles
Fire stations: 10
Carmarthenshire & Cardiganshire
Area: 1,612 sq. miles
Fire stations: 18
Denbighshire & Montgomeryshire
Area: 1,466 sq. miles
Fire stations: 17
Flintshire
Area: 256 sq. miles
Fire stations: 9
Glamorganshire
Area: 733 sq. miles
Fire stations: 36
Merionethshire
Area: 660 sq. miles
Fire stations: 8
Monmouthshire
Area: 531 sq. miles
Fire stations: 18
Pembrokeshire
Area: 615 sq. miles
Fire stations: 7
WALES -
Effective from 1 April 1948
Cardiff Glamorgan
Area: 26 sq. miles
Fire stations: 1
Merthyr Tydfil Glamorgan
Area: 28 sq. miles
Fire stations: 3
Newport Monmouthshire
Area: 12 sq. miles
Fire stations: 2
Swansea Glamorgan
Area: 38 sq. miles
Fire stations: 3
WALES 1 April 1948
The following fire brigades were created in Wales pursuant to the Fire Services Act 1947 with effect from 1 April 1948.