FOI Request 2230

Subject: Fire Service Appliances

Status: Complete

Date received: September 2025

Question Asked:

As a freedom of information request, please answer the following questions.

1. How many operational appliances are based at each station? (Please break this down for retained/on-call appliances at each station.)

2. How many times in the last 12 months (to August 2025) have you had any of your fire appliances off the run?

3. What is the most number of appliances you’ve had off the run at any one time in the last 12 months (to August 31st 2025)?

Our Response:

Please see our response below to

1. How many operational appliances are based at each station? (Please break this down for retained/on-call appliances at each station.)

Details of all Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service’s current operational appliances and which stations they are based at is already publicly available and can be found on our website (see link below)

Fire stations, facilities and vehicles

2. How many times in the last 12 months (to August 2025) have you had any of your fire appliances off the run?

We only measure this in percentages - our overall % availability for the period stated is 81.80%

3. What is the most number of appliances you’ve had off the run at any one time in the last 12 months (to August 31st 2025)?

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Outcome: Information Provided

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO