Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
Derbyshire fire & rescue service provides a wide range of services to the people who live and work in the county, as well as those who visit.
The service covers over 1,000 square miles, which includes a variety of urban and rural communities with a population of approximately 1,050,000. The county contains part of the National Forest and a substantial portion of the Peak District National Park.
The service employs over 800 people and has a total of 31 fire stations based in strategic areas to cover the local area, with the headquarters in Ripley (shared with Derbyshire Constabulary).
The service’s governing body is the Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Authority which provides strategic leadership, monitors the costs incurred by the service and sets the budget.
HMICFRS region and HMI
- His Majesty’s Inspector of Fire & Rescue Services (HMI): Lee Freeman is HMI for Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
- HMICFRS region: The service is in HMICFRS’s Eastern fire region
HMICFRS’s role in inspecting this service
For over 160 years, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary independently assessed and reported on the efficiency and effectiveness of police forces and policing, in the public interest.
In summer 2017, HMIC (now HMICFRS) took on inspections of England’s fire & rescue services, assessing and reporting on their efficiency, effectiveness and leadership.
Recent news
- Fire and Rescue Services make progress to improve culture, but more must be done to tackle unacceptable behaviour
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2021/22 – tranche 3
- Fire and Rescue Services improving – but more change urgently needed
- Chief Inspector: Fire and Rescue Services are improving, but more change is urgently required
Recent publications
- Standards of behaviour: The handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Terms of reference: Home Secretary’s commission for a thematic inspection of the handling of misconduct in fire and rescue services
- Fire and Rescue Service inspections 2021/22 – tranche 3
- Effectiveness, efficiency and people 2021/22 – Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
- State of Fire and Rescue – The Annual Assessment of Fire and Rescue Services in England 2021