The station looks after Monmouth and its surrounding area, and is part of the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service.

[2] The resources are: The extent of the fire service in Monmouth in early records consisted of three ladders and a leather bucket kept under the Shire Hall arches.

[3] In 1733, a small fire engine was bought and housed in the jury room of the Shire Hall.

A public appeal in 1832 raised £150 to buy a new engine and repair the old one but this still left a lack of buckets and hoses.

A fire in a tobacconist shop in Agincourt Square in 1887 left 3 children dead.