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Station Officer
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Station Officer is a rank in a number of Commonwealth fire services, including those in the United Kingdom and the New Zealand Fire Service.
In New Zealand a Station Officer is either the single officer on a watch in a single-appliance station, with three firefighters reporting to them, or one of several officers under a Senior Station Officer at a station with multiple appliances. The rank badge is a single impeller.
In the United Kingdom, a Station Officer usually commands a station and is responsible for several watches commanded by Sub-Officers (although they may command a watch in a very large station). The rank badge is two impellers.
In the United States, "Station Officer" is often a general term and has several meanings. It usually refers to the senior officer at the station, often a Captain or a Lieutenant. If a Battalion or District Chief works out of a station, a Captain or Lieutenant is still usually the officer in charge of the day-to-day operations of the station. In some cases the term "station officer" is used to differentiate between an officer who works in the field and a staff officer.
In many areas there is a Captain on every shift (watch) at a station. This means that each shift has its own station officer. In some departments there is a designated officer who is in overall charge of the station.
