Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Lancashire, England and also includes the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

Operational area
Country	England
County	Lancashire
Agency overview[1]
Employees	+1,500
Chief Fire Officer	Jon Charters
Facilities and equipment
Stations	40 (Including USAR at Chorley)
Website
www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service is made up of six Area Commands as follows: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Central and Pennine. Within these areas there are 18 wholetime, 17 retained stations and four day crewed stations providing Lancashire with 24-hour fire cover.

Clockwise from top left: Some of the service's fire stations in Fleetwood, Blackpool, Burnley, Ormskirk and Preston

Water Rescue Ladder

Aerial appliance

Performance

Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:

HMICFRS Inspection Lancashire

Area	Rating 2018/19[2]	Rating 2021/22[3]	Description
Effectiveness	Good	Good	How effective is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
Efficiency	Good	Good	How efficient is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
People	Good	Good	How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people?

See also

• Fire service in the United Kingdom
• Lancashire Constabulary
• GRIP (Group Intervention Panel)
• List of British firefighters killed in the line of duty