Motorway service area Motorway service area Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom, also known as 'service stations' or 'services', are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef. Smaller operators include Extra, Westmorland and EuroGarages. The first service area in the UK was at Watford Gap on the M1, which opened with the motorway on 2 November 1959. As more service stations opened, the number of operating companies
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service vehicle, known as the emergency response unit (EMS), attends in place of the fire appliance, (providing there are enough crew still on duty), allowing the fire appliance to remain available. Nineteen stations operate as co-responders: The M5 motorway is the arterial route through Devon and Somerset. It is the main link road to the south west from the Midlands and the North. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service divide the M5 into sections so that the nearest appliances attend. The station grounds are: HMNB Devonport Dockyard, in Plymouth, is home to twenty one of the Royal Navy's fleet of