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Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is responsible for serving the communities of Bolton Bury; Manchester; Oldham; Rochdale; Salford; Stockport; Tameside; Trafford; and Wigan.

Contact this service for:

  • home and business safety checks
  • advice for builders and building owners
  • help installing smoke alarms
  • school visits
  • community events
  • jobs, apprenticeships and volunteering
  • youth and cadet schemes
  • complaints

 

Contact details

Telephone
Address
146 Bolton Road,
Swinton,
Manchester,
M27 8US

Data for this service

Updated quarterly

31,635

Incidents attended

-3% less compared with previous year

Incidents breakdown

Updated quarterly

Fires false alarms 43%

Fires 29%

Non-fire incidents e.g. road traffic collisions 27%

13,638False Alarms

False Alarms

9,326Fires

Fires

8,671Non fire incidents

Non fire incidents

Workforce and assets

Updated annually

1,381

firefighters

41Stations

Fire stations

76Appliances

Fire appliances (pumps, aerial, other)

5% of firefighters are women

8.9% of firefighters are ethnic minority

Funding

Updated annually at different times

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Incidents, work force and other data

Current and historical data for this service are published on GOV.UK. This includes: 

  • the type of incidents attended
  • causes of fires
  • deaths and injuries from fire
  • workforce numbers and diversity
  • firefighter pensions
  • fire prevention and protection activity

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Fire and rescue services are required to publish the following financial information: 

 These requirements come from the local government transparency code 2015.


HMICFRS Inspection Results

Greater Manchester in their HMICFRS inspection report received the following gradings in the three inspection categories – 

Effectiveness - Requires improvement

Efficiency - Requires improvement

People - Good

The report was published on 15 December 2021 and can be found at - Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2021/22 – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service - HMICFRS (justiceinspectorates.gov.uk)


Who manages Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service

Chief Fire Officer: Dave Russel

Fire and rescue authority Chair: Andy Burham (in his capacity as Mayor for Greater Manchester)

Currently only operated in Greater Manchester where the Combined Authority are responsible for fire and rescue functions but with those functions exercised by the elected Mayor.  The Mayor decides how much funding should be given to fire and rescue across the range of issues they are responsible for.

Integrated Risk Management Plans (IRMP)

It is a requirement under the Fire and Rescue National Framework that each Fire and Rescue Authority must produce an Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP).  The IRMP should be easily accessible and publicly available.  Each plan must reflect all foreseeable fire and rescue related risks that could affect their communities, whether they are local, cross-border, multi-authority and/or national in nature; set out its management strategy; reflect effective consultation throughout its development with the community, its workforce & partners, and cover at least a three-year timespan.  Most Fire and Rescue Authority will review and update their IRMP on an annual basis.

View the long term plan for fire and rescue services in Greater Manchester (IRMP).


Complaints

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