Surrey Fire and Rescue Service has made revisions to plans to keep Surrey safe over the next decade following a consultation on draft proposals.

The fire service has listened to residents' views and changes to the draft proposals include extra fire engines during the night at Guildford, Reigate, Dunsfold and Walton-on-Thames.

Further changes to the draft plan include fire engines at Cranleigh and Chobham being available 24 hours a day and not just at night. The plan will still ensure that more fire engines will be available in the daytime, when they are needed most often.

On average, 23 emergency calls are received daily between 7am and 7pm with 13 calls overnight between 7pm and 7am based on data for 2006 to 2011, yet currently the availability of fire engines usually increases at night.

Chief Fire Officer Russell Pearson said: "It is vital that firefighters are in the right place at the right time to meet the changing demands placed upon the fire service. This plan means there will be more cover at the busiest times.

"Our firefighters must have the appropriate training and be able to deliver the full range of service, from responding to incidents to providing fire safety advice. We have identified the times that demand is greatest and the plan reflects this, while maintaining suitable levels of cover throughout the day and night.

"We've spent a long time listening to people to ensure that when decisions are made everyone's views are taken into account. These views have helped to shape policy and have led to an increase in emergency response cover at a number of stations."

Kay Hammond, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety, said: "We set aside extra time to make sure people’s feedback was thoroughly analysed and we’ve made a number of changes as a result. Surrey has a fire and rescue service to be proud of and these plans will ensure our firefighters continue to keep people as safe as possible over the next decade."

The plan emphasises the importance of increasing the training provided to Surrey's firefighters and continues to keep the focus on community safety, targeting those most vulnerable.

The proposed changes are part of Surrey Fire and Rescue Authority's Public Safety Plan 2011-20, which will now be considered at a meeting of the county council's Cabinet on Tuesday 21 June.

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service has 632 full-time firefighters, 134 on call/retained firefighters, 24 fire stations, 35 fire engines and 20 specialist vehicles including 4x4s. It is considered to be 'performing well' by the Audit Commission.