Fire service historian and author
Roger Mardon
www.romar.org.uk
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The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abolished the 1974 counties and districts and created in their place 22 unitary authorities, and confusingly some of these are known as counties and some as county boroughs. Three new fire authorities were created for the whole of Wales with effect from 1 April 1996 and these remain in existence today.
WALES -
Effective from 1 April 1996 to date
Mid and West Wales
Area: 4,501 sq. miles
Pop: 845,000 (2000)
Fire stations: 57 (incl 2 local volunteer units)
North Wales
Area: 2,428 sq. miles
Pop:657,400 (2001)
Fire stations: 43
South Wales
Area: 1,047 sq. miles
Pop: 1,405,000 (2000)
Fire stations: 43
WALES 1 April 1996 to date
For outline maps of the areas covered by today's fire and rescue services in the United Kingdom, see the regional pages in Galleries