About Us
In this section you will find information about Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and Cheshire Fire Authority.
Cheshire Fire Authority
Cheshire Fire Authority are councillors from our local communities of Cheshire, Halton and Warrington who manage Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service. They make decisions on things like policy, finance, and resources.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
Cheshire Fire and Rescue is led by the Chief Fire Officer and the Service Management Team. We respond to emergency incidents - this is known as Emergency Response. We have 24 fire stations and a headquarters in Winsford. We cover four key areas:
We also provide community safety advice, which help us to reduce risks and to improve:
Fire engines and special vehicles
We use an number of vehicles/appliances (fire engines and other special vehicles). We also have a number of old (vintage) vehicles.
What do we do?
We respond to all emergency calls from the public for assistance. Many emergency calls however are not to fires, but to incidents where members of the community are trapped in vehicles following road traffic collisions, trapped in machinery, or trapped in less life threatening circumstances as well as being called to chemical spillages and toxic emissions.
We also deal with many other domestic situations, such as flooding, storm damage, people unable to gain access to premises, animals in distress etc.
Incidents in your area
You can check how many incidents we attended in your area. The incidents are plotted onto a map, to show their location. View the map of incidents in your area (opens in new window).
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View a summary of incidents incidents attended over the past few weeks
Organisational Structure
A new organisational structure was announced in November 2009.
Employees
As of November 2009 we have approximately:
- 995 employees (excluding members, volunteers and secondary roles)
- 44 employees work on a part-time basis
- Females make up 20.70% (206) of the total workforce (163 are support staff and 43 are uniformed staff)
- There are 1.21% Ethnic Minority employees within the total workforce
- 2.71% of total employees are registered as disabled.
- Support staff comprise of professional, administrative and clerical employees, advocates, mechanics and handy people
Our vision
Cheshire where there are no preventable deaths, injuries and damage from fires and other emergencies
Our mission
Our mission is to help create safer communities, to rescue people and protect economic, environmental and community interests.
Our Core Values
The core values of our organisation are those values we hold which form the foundation on which we perform work and conduct ourselves.
Further Information and key documents
It is important for us as a public body to provide specific documentation (including plans and strategies) and to consult with the public over our service.
We have a special Freedom of Information (FOI) section, where you can access further information about: who we are, what we spend, performance, decision making, policies and procedures, registers of assets, services, frequently asked questions, queries and Complaints, useful Links, Data Policies, FOI Statistics
Contact Us
You can contact us by email, phone or by post: contact us.
Our website
We update our website regularly, but if you spot a problem or if you want to contact us about the content of any of the web pages, please contact us by email: feedback@cheshirefire.gov.uk.
Please let us know what you think about our website, by completing a short online survey. The results of the survey will help us to develop the website over the next few months.
View our website statistics, which show the number of web visitors and the number of pages viewed each month.
