Contingency plans are being put in place for next week's planned firefighters strike.
Members of the Fire Brigade Union have voted ovewhelmingly in favour of industrial action in pursuance of their pay claim and as a result look set to walk out between 9 am on Tuesday and Thursday at 9 am.
Dyfed Powys Police's main responsibilities in relation to the firefighters dispute will be ensuring there is sufficient communications cover whilst Fire Service control rooms are unavailable and providing guides to military resources to enable them to reach incident scene safely.
"Personnel have been identified to perform the role of guides and to staff the joint control centre and training has been provided to enable them to perform these functions," said Superintendent W. P. Phillips, of the Operations Department.
Pembrokeshire County Council has also made a number of contingency arrangements to deal with the implications of the strike action.
The arrangements include attendance at road traffic accidents in order to erect road closure/diversion signs and to wash-down highway surfaces; guaranteed availability of environmental health, commercial pollution and petroleum officers to deal with incidents involving spillages of chemicals and other toxic materials; provision of water pumps in various locations in the event of flooding incidents; provision of temporary accommodation to re-house those made homeless by fire; and 24-hour cover by emergency planning personnel.